Alicia wants to record her father's birthday. The camcorder inadvertently catches him crying, and in anger, he tears up the videotape. By destroying it, he disappears from reality. Alicia, her sister, and her mother have to cooperate by reconstructing the tape to bring him back, exposing a major wound in their relationship.

Carmen, a woman haunted by family tragedy, drives at night after a long day of work. To fight sleep, she decides to stop in a gas station to rest. There, she meets a shadow of her past who could explain her present.