In the Mexican town of Oaxaca Adalbertos wife Rosario slams the door on their twentyyear marriage and leaves to live with her sister in Australia The day of her departure her nearlyblind old uncle in a hospice for the dying wins the lottery Misogynist Adalberto puts on a wig and a dress and becomes Rosario in hopes of inheriting the money But the uncles notary finds another niece and the newlyminted Rosario must prove herself the more deserving heir Ambition gets sidetracked as Adalberto attempts to win the contest by caring for an abandoned child and ends up playing grandmother to a sixyearold version of himself