The protagonist Alvaro (Javier Gutierrez) is a clerk in a notary office in Seville. Although he is poor and lacks talent, he has always dreamed of becoming a best-selling author one day. His wife Amanda (Maria León) is the opposite of him. She became famous by writing a book casually. In order to realize his ideal, Alvaro went to ask for advice from his writing teacher Juan (Antonio de la Torre). Under Juan's guidance, he finally understood that the so-called imagination is actually based on experience in the real world. In order to write a perfect novel, he began to manipulate his neighbors and friends around him, and even encouraged them to kill... The film is adapted from Javier Cercas's novel "Elmóvil".