Elpidio Valdés is a brave and cunning young man who fights for freedom during the Cuban War of Independence. With the help of his friends, Elpidio Valdés outsmarts the Spanish troops and becomes a symbol of hope for his fellow countrymen.

Elpidio Valdés, a soldier of the Cuban war of independence, is entrusted with the difficult and dangerous mission of bringing from Florida, in the United States, a shipment of weapons for the Cuban Liberation Army. It develops between 1896 and 1897.