During a night out, Sílvia sees Daniel, a young upper class adult, vomit in the street after leaving a nightclub. Sílvia calls immediately Carolina, her friend, to tell what she saw. A communications sequence is triggered, through an ex-girlfriend of Daniel, a homosexual couple that known him, and even people who only knew him by sight. At every call, the record is being distorted, and when it comes to Filipe ears, a good friend of Daniel's, it had become a huge rumor.

The character of a novel gains life to torment the author, revisiting and reliving the story of a crime.

After the news of his father's death, young designer Jorge inherits the country house where he grew up in northern Portugal. Influenced by his girlfriend Ana, a successful writer, and because they have to decide the fate of the property, the couple agree to stay for a while, never imagining what that trip will trigger between them. Bereaved, Jorge is confronted with his traumatic childhood and his troubled parental relationship. Ana faces a creative block, facing the futility of her early success.

The story takes place in 1948, in post WWII Europe. Amelia, a young girl, who struggles to communicate with her mother after the death of her father, is sent to the Portuguese provincial town of Elvas for a holiday with her uncles. There she meets Thomas, an Austrian refugee boy, who is being fostered by her Aunt and Uncle while they find his parents from whom he was separated during the war. After a rocky start, these children teach each other the true meaning of friendship and communication. This tale is based on a true story of the director’s grandmother who met a young refugee.

Confronted with his mother's infidelity and his father's emotional absence, João arrives at a sunset where he refuses to return home.