On the eve of a major and possibly life-threatening surgery, a film director takes stock of her life in episodic fashion in Gary Cooper, que estás en los cielos (1980). Looking back on her career as an artist and a lover, director Andrea Soriana (Mercedes Sampietro) considers all of the roads not taken and the possibilities that have been lost. A picture of Gary Cooper, taken just before he died, keeps her company during the journey.