On a cold winter night, Laura reads her brother David the story of a strange creature that attacks children. Suddenly, a shiver runs Laura's body, feeling a strange presence in the house. It's him.
Through their thoughts, their secrets, their joy and pain, we enter in the universe of five women in the pursuit of happines, in a country where discrimination, explotation, violence, harassment and lack of opportunitties are part of the purest and brutal daily life. An example of endurance, strength and struggle for a better life.