Carlos, Paula and their two teenage children, Juana and Fausto, gather for an eventful night. What seems like just another dinner turns into a duel of hurtful words, looks, and passive-aggressive comments. Over the course of dinner, the tensions and anxieties that arise between them will be revealed, collapsing into a fragmented family and a failed attempt at connection.

DOLORES tells the story of a young woman of Scottish descent who returns to the Argentine pampas after her sister dies, to take care of her eight-year-old nephew- but drawn also by the juvenile love she still feels for her English brother-in-law, Jack. Her love story develops in the context of the onset of World War II: while the echoes of war get ever closer, the dispute between Germans and Anglos turns personal when Dolores is seduced by a neighbouring landowner of German descent, Octavio Brandt- he becomes an unexpected love, and from now on Dolores is torn between Octavio and Jack, as Argentina changes for ever. In a society dominated by men, Dolores must now also forge her unique destiny.

A group of performers from a decaying circus prepare for their act, unaware that this show will be different.