Adolescence is always a difficult time; it is doubly so for Gábina. For one thing, she is growing up in the normalization years of the 1970s, and then she also has to face the reality that her father is a well-known actor disavowed by the regime. Although he abandoned the family years before, his existence casts an ominous shadow over the lives of not only Gábina, but also her older sister and mother, who are trying to find a civilized way through the social mire of the times.
Basado en hechos verídicos, este thriller narra una serie de crímenes que ocurrieron en Noviembre de 1989: las víctimas de los llamados "Asesinos de Orlik" fueron encontradas en el fondo de un lago en Bohemia. Tres hombres de negocios tratan de obtener una auténtica fortuna, para lo que han de cometer cuatro asesinatos. Uno de sus objetivos será destrozado por un paquete-bomba, otro tiroteado en su propia casa...