Abandoned by her husband, Laura takes her nine year old daughter, Muriel, and leaves the hectic life of Buenos Aires bound for the tranquility of Argentina's countryside. When they lose all their belongings in a freak accident, Muriel and her mother are taken in by a suspicious proprietor of a run down hotel, Mirta who has children of her own. Through struggles and hardships, the two women form a makeshift family only to have it threatened by the reappearance of Muriel's father...told through the eyes of a child.
