Yessica is a rebellious girl who forms an unlikely friendship with quiet schoolmate Miriam. Yessica's home life is ruled by her brutal stepfather and her amoral stepbrother, Jorge, while Miriam shares a calm, loving household with her mother. The girls' friendship is shattered after Jorge arranges to have one of his friends rape Yessica.
A fugitive hides on a deserted island somewhere in Polynesia. Tourists arrive, and his fear of being discovered becomes a mixed emotion when he falls in love with one of them. He wants to tell her his feelings, but an anomalous phenomenon keeps them apart.
One morning, Rebeca wakes up to discover that her weight has drastically increased without her experiencing any change in her appearance. As the story evolves, Rebeca, overwhelmed by her weight, that keeps increasing even more at each moment; tries to develop her daily life as usual, until it becomes completely impossible. From that moment on, Rebeca suffers a progressive deterioration that starts affecting the people around her.
