Sebastián's daydreams are the only way he can escape from his grim life as a petty crook. When he falls in love with Emilia, the sister of the two gang leaders, he makes up his mind to start a new life.

A forensic cleaner, responsible for the removal of human corpses, has never been able to relate with people or life. Suddenly, he will become accountable for an 8-year-old orphan who has been left behind in the middle of a mysterious epidemic crisis in Lima.

After the loss of their mother, a dysfunctional family is pressed to re-examine their lives. As father and children come to terms with their own existence, this journey turns into a tender and subtle meditation on grief.