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A writer who pins hopes on a free-spirited 25-year-old he meets in Montevideo to get through his midlife crisis. But his day turns out to be the most unexpected and transformative day of his life.

Miguel and Alicia are a young retired couple. One day, Alicia goes to visit her mother-in-law at the nursing home. Hours go by and she does not return. Concerned, Miguel goes out to look for her, but finds her sitting on the sidewalk. What's wrong with her? What happened during this visit? Alicia does not answer. The following days Miguel tries to find out the reason for his wife's attitude, who remains quiet and still in the same position, while he tries to get everything back to normal.

Simone is 27 years old and lives a boring and monotonous life, in a world of trash and fog. One day she meets Kiki, a strange man who will lead her to a dark, forbidden and exciting world but who will lead her, mainly, to know herself.

Josefina is violently kicked out of her house by her boyfriend. Torn apart and aimless, she spends the night searching for shelter, willing to do whatever it takes to find a place to wait for dawn.

During Ecuador’s blackouts, a filmmaker films his mother and grandmother, finding in the everyday a refuge from fear outside. An intimate essay on waiting and human bonds.