A troubled marriage is tested when a past-life experience makes the wife reject the modern present.
Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases
A Strange Return
Three friends discuss their lives and encourage one woman to explore a possible past life. Concerns about her husband's fidelity add emotional tension.
Key Events
Friends Discuss Daily Life — Three friends discuss daily life and the meaning of a comeback.
Location: Countryside
Past Life Suggestion — Two friends persuade their reluctant companion to visit a certified therapist.
Location: Countryside
Suspicion Of Infidelity — One friend suspects the woman's husband is having an affair.
Location: Countryside
Advice About Investigation — The friend recommends hiring a lawyer or detective.
Location: Countryside
Ride Back To Castle — The friends ride horses and return toward the castle.
Location: Road to the castle
The Lost Present
The woman undergoes therapy but fails to return to her present identity. Her frightening behavior leads to hospitalization and medical restraint.
Key Events
Therapy Session Begins — The woman visits a certified therapist for a past-life session.
Location: Therapist's office
Failure To Return — After the session, the woman does not return to her present life.
Location: Therapist's office
Identity Confusion — The woman screams, forgets her friends, and appears confused about her identity.
Location: Medical facility
Medical Confinement — Doctors admit and restrain the woman while trying to understand her condition.
Location: Hospital
Recorded Screams — Doctors record her screams and attempt to interpret what she says.
Location: Hospital
Clues From Another Age
Doctors record the woman's speech and recognize a partial Basque connection. Her husband seeks translation and historical understanding.
Key Events
Basque Language Clue — The recorded speech is partially identified as Basque.
Location: Hospital
Husband Receives News — The husband learns that his wife has been admitted to a hospital and is restrained.
Location: Telephone conversation
Historical Investigation — The husband and another man discuss Spanish imperial history and royalty.
Location: Private meeting place
Search For Translator — The two men visit the Spanish Embassy seeking help with translation.
Location: Spanish Embassy
Chef Becomes Interpreter — They instead meet a chef who helps interpret the woman's speech.
Location: Spanish Embassy
The Princess Revealed
A chef helps interpret the woman's claims that she is a princess from fifteenth-century Navarre. Modern technology intensifies her fear.
Key Events
Chef Becomes Interpreter — They instead meet a chef who helps interpret the woman's speech.
Location: Spanish Embassy
Princess From Navarre — The woman claims to be a fifteenth-century princess from the Kingdom of Navarre.
Location: Hospital
Fear Of Modern Devices — The woman is frightened by electronic devices and believes a witch transported her.
Location: Modern residence
Removal Of Electronics — The husband takes the woman to a village and has the maids remove electronic items.
Location: Village residence
Shelter And Reconciliation
The husband moves the woman to a village and removes electronic devices from her surroundings. He then tries to recover their emotional connection.
Key Events
Removal Of Electronics — The husband takes the woman to a village and has the maids remove electronic items.
Location: Village residence
A Safer Environment — The woman and her husband find temporary safety away from modern technology.
Location: Village
Attempt To Rebuild Love — With the interpreter's help, the husband tries to win his wife back.
Location: Village
Story Breakdown
Friends Raise Questions — A conversation about daily life introduces concerns about marriage and the possibility of past lives.
Daily Life Discussion — Three friends talk about ordinary matters and the idea of a comeback.
Infidelity Suspicion — One friend suspects the woman's husband may be unfaithful.
Therapy Opens The Past — The woman accepts a therapy session intended to reveal information about a previous life.
Reluctant Consultation — Friends persuade her to visit a certified therapist.
Session Goes Wrong — She does not return normally to her present identity after the session.
Hospital Mystery Deepens — Medical staff confront the woman's screams, confusion, and apparent loss of present-day memory.
Identity Confusion — She forgets her friends and reacts intensely after the therapy.
Recorded Testimony — Doctors record her speech and identify a partial Basque connection.
Historical Clues Emerge — The husband seeks outside help to understand the language and historical references.
Embassy Visit — The husband and another man look for a translator at the Spanish Embassy.
Unexpected Interpreter — A chef becomes the person who helps interpret the woman's words.
Princess Claims The Present — The woman's account reframes the crisis as displacement from a distant historical world.
Navarre Revelation — She identifies herself as a princess from fifteenth-century Navarre.
Witch Explanation — She believes a witch placed her into the modern era.
Modernity Becomes Threatening — Electronic technology prevents the woman from feeling secure in the present.
Fear Of Devices — Electronic gadgets frighten her because they do not belong to her perceived era.
Village Relocation — Her husband moves her to a village and removes electronic items.
Marriage Seeks Renewal — After creating a safer environment, the husband attempts to restore affection between them.
Temporary Safety — The couple becomes safer away from the modern devices.
Love Reclaimed — With interpretive help, the husband tries to win his wife back.
Mary is married to Ernest, a successful businessman who devotes all his time managing the business he inherited from his family. Therefore, he spends little time with Mary, to the extent that she suspects he has a mistress. Isabel is married to Adolfo, Doctor of Philosophy and Letters, UNAM graduated, best friend of Ernesto. Patricia is passionate about esotericism; she believes in past life regressions. Isabel and Patricia are concerned about the marital status of Mary and to distract her, convince her to do a regression through hypnosis, the problem is when the hypnotist can not make her come back and they find Mary speaking a strange language, claiming to be a Basque princess of the XIV century.
