Ada, una joven negra, nada en el mar de Islandia y reflexiona sobre su experiencia de tener un bebé en un país que no se parece en nada a su hogar. Al entrar en el agua helada, revive su embarazo traumático y su depresión posparto. Ada trata de encontrar alivio y curación al enfrentar sus miedos en la naturaleza.
Gisella dreams about writing important things, genuine things, and quits her job at the newspaper after yet another article is insensitively edited. She contacts a recently started alternative paper, where she is given the proposition of writing an article about the living situation among immigrants. Through her research she meets Marisol, Abeba and her daughter Lucinda, who live in a barrack by the harbor. To help solve their financial troubles, she invites them to live in her large house that she inherited from her grandmother. At first everything works well, but soon the mutual respect between the three women turns into a power struggle and hospitality is replaced with rules and a system of punishments.
