Pepe e Rafa são dois irmãos que passam a vida a sonhar com o regresso do pai (Rafael) que os abandonou há quinze anos atrás. Pepe é mecânico de profissão e vive na periferia de Lisboa com o irmão, dois anos mais novo, a mãe, Lena, e a avó, a quem todos chamam Pipa. Mas quando Rafael inesperadamente reentra na vida dos filhos, o peso do seu passado vem desequilibrar a delicada teia familiar. De uma forma tão urgente quanto violenta, Rafa e Pepe confrontam-se então com o verdadeiro valor da relação que os mantém unidos. Até quando?

Zézé Gamboa's sardonic historical drama follows a good-hearted, apolitical con man who, on the eve of Angolan independence in the mid-1970s, pulls off a massive swindle at the expense of the Portuguese colonial administration — and soon after finds himself hailed as a hero of the national liberation struggle.

Everyone has a secret. Twins Sarah and Gaëlle near 25; for ten years, Sarah has been a fundamentalist Carmelite in a Brazilian convent, and Gaëlle has been in prison for a heinous crime. Sarah comes to the attention of Fr. Joachim, a priest and physician; he can find no cause for her debilitating abdominal pain. When Sarah and he are transferred to Paris, Joachim looks for Gaëlle, now on probation and finding no respite from society's approbation. An enterprising reporter is digging into Gaëlle's life, the mother superior of Sarah's convent hovers over her, and Joachim investigates the phenomenon of twin's symmetry. Is there any release from the past?