Loreto dreams of being a famous actress someday. When the leading lady gets an appendicitis attack, she gets her chance and becomes famous. But she discovers that the life of a famous actress does not make her happy.
Pablo is struggling to make it as an abstract painter in Paris and Julia feels he needs to paint with more feeling. When he paints her portrait, he gets a buyer but discovers the painting means so much to him that he can't part with it.