Oliver Fellows, a failed city banker, is pursuing fulfillment on an old farm in Southern Portugal. He and his neighbor, Manel, face unprincipled enemies in a highly amusing quest to save their valley from exploitation.
Rui Sequeira, a former fighter in the Colonial War, resident of a small village of Alentejo, celebrates another anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in the company of his wife and her daughter, the young Sara, with which he has a not so good relationship. On the night of the celebrations, the death of a friend forever alters his live, waking up a whole past long dormant.
Claire, una turista francesa, es arrestada en una isla mediterránea por Kasta, el puritano jefe de policía local, que la acusa de inmoralidad en público. El juez la libera por falta de pruebas, pero Kasta, obsesionado con castigarla, la vuelve a detener de inmediato, esta vez acusándola de posesión de drogas. Mientras espera el juicio, Claire es enviada a una prisión de mujeres.
