
“The following is the story of four people whose lives did not deserve to be part of any film.”
Cristina, Olivia, Adolfo, and Ulises appear to lead ordinary lives, but beneath the surface, their desires and obsessions take hold. Ulises, nearing 40 and feeling the weight of lost youth, becomes infatuated with Cristina, a woman longing for connection. Meanwhile, Adolfo, a disillusioned veterinarian, fixates on his young neighbor Olivia, seeking to grow closer as she recovers from trauma. Their lives intertwine in unexpected and intense ways, driven by loneliness and longing.
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After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friendship with his eccentric 74-year-old neighbour Elsa, who convinces him it's never too late to keep enjoying life. Although he seemed resigned to a miserable bedridden existence, Fred embraces Elsa's youthful enthusiasm as she introduces him to the path of life and entertains him with outlandish stories about her past life. But when he discovers Elsa's terminally ill, Fred decides to accompany her on the trip of her dreams to the eternal city of Rome to help her fulfil a lifelong ambition.

A new literature teacher, Ulises, comes to a small town near the sea and falls in love with a young woman, Martina. This woman is loved by a rich businessman named Alberto but chooses Ulises. Soon after their marriage and the birth of their son, Ulises vanishes while fishing at sea. In the meanwhile Martina marries Alberto, but all is not what it seems...