An elderly couple lives in an abandoned farm. Every night they receive a visit from a young man who comes join them. The past comes to light when the memories of the couple seems to arise from dreams and nightmares.

Dona Maria, a woman in her seventies, is alone at home with her thoughts. Abandoned by everyone—and by the life she once nurtured with such labor and passion—she now lives off her memories, her only companions, of a time when everyone was happy and she, besides being a renowned painter, was a whole, fulfilled woman.