One mother, two sisters that make each other jealous, and a visitor whose presence upsets the home’s precarious system until he is taken by storm, enveloped in his own astonishment.
Galicia, northern Spain, January 2, 1921. The steamship Santa Isabel, sailing towards Argentina with more than two hundred emigrants on board, sinks off the coast of Sálvora Island. Three island women, María, Josefa and Cipriana, who have bravely set sail aboard a fragile skiff to save the shipwrecked, are treated as heroes by the cynical authorities; but León, an inquisitive and tenacious Argentinean journalist, starts asking uncomfortable questions.
Galicia, northern Spain, January 2, 1921. The steamship Santa Isabel, sailing towards Argentina with more than two hundred emigrants on board, sinks off the coast of Sálvora Island. Three island women, María, Josefa and Cipriana, who have bravely set sail aboard a fragile skiff to save the shipwrecked, are treated as heroes by the cynical authorities; but León, an inquisitive and tenacious Argentinean journalist, starts asking uncomfortable questions.
Lucia is a single parent to a child with Asperger's. She has a minimum wage job and a very difficult relationship with her mother, but she thinks she can deal with everything on her own. One day she receives an urgent call from the school: her son hit his head and she needs to pick him up.
임신 중인 훌리아는 피투성이가 된 두 명의 남성에게 둘러싸여 깨어난다. 이들은 모두 훌리아의 옛 애인이다. 수감된 훌리아는 비슷한 처지의 동료를 만나 도움을 얻고, 연락이 끊겼던 친어머니와도 상봉한다. 이 두 사람은 열악한 환경에서 아이를 기르려는 훌리아의 협력자인 동시에 방해자가 된다.