La Gaviota (The Seagull) is a drama that follows Barbara (Maria Antonienta Pons), an eccentric young woman who works in a seaside hotel. Barbara has a perfect life and boyfriend, Antonio, but things are about to change. A ship has come to port, and with it Don Carlo, a rich and suave artist who is the embodiment of the perfect 1950's man. The friction and conflict mounts when he checks into Barbara's hotel. When Antonio new job as a sailor sends him off on board the Mary Dolores, the temptation of a mustachioed business man is too great for Barbara. Soon her perfect life is destroyed as she faces adversity from all of the men and women in her life.When Antonio returns, he finds out about her affair with Don Carlo and leaves her to concentrate on his new profession. Unexpectedly, Don Carlo's wife (to whom he is separated) comes to town and causes a stir and Don Carlo is forced to go back with her so that he can arrange a legal divorce.