扎巴是布宜诺斯艾利斯一个偏远小镇上的一名锁匠。他慢工出细活,时间对于他来说就好象过得特别慢。 商店老板波拉科请他去开自己办公室的锁。第二天,扎巴就因为偷窃罪被捕入狱。他的叔叔伊斯梅尔是个退休的警察,把他保释出来,然后送他前往布宜诺斯艾利斯。在那里扎巴成为了一名心怀大志的官员。他来到新的家园,接受教育课程,然后在市区上班,接下来和一名教师展开恋情。他开始看见自己的生活渐渐变成一本奇怪的小说……Mendoza Enrique Orlando, aka Zapa, is a thirty-two-year-old locksmith. Still single and hopeless, he lives with his mother, his sister and her kid in a small village in Argentina, where time passes by slowly and business is usually slow. Yet, one day, a call from his boss Polaco to open a safe located in an office downtown will finally give Zapa's idle hands something to do. Unfortunately, the next thing he knows, an inspector of the Buenos Aires Police handcuffs him and takes him to the precinct facing charges of theft with Polaco disappeared. Framed and struck with bad luck, Zapa will see his miserable life change when his uncle and former policeman Ismael offers to bail him out of prison. In addition, his letter of recommendation will open a position in the Police Academy, where Zapa as a Police applicant training to become a Corporal will begin for once in his life to have dreams of a better life. During the days of his training and finding a place to live, Zapa will experience an irregular love affair while gradually adapting to his new reality, taking charge of his life as he works his way up in the West Buenos Aires Police Force.