 The film is based on the play "La historia de los Tarantos" written by Alfredo Mañas, and inspired by "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare.The love between two gipsies, Juana La Zoronga and Rafael El Taranto, from different families in Barcelona is thwarted by the enmity between their respective parents.Rafael sees Juana dance at a gipsy wedding, and is captivated by her beauty and charm, and they fall in love, aided by their younger siblings who are secretly friends and sympathetic to the young lovers.