Two young Portuguese women try to put down roots in Brazil. Teresa is newly arrived; Francisca has been there a while. This sure-footed, loving portrait of two counterparts, attracting and repelling, is also an ode to Belo Horizonte: a city with no tourist attractions, but bags of atmosphere and lust for life.
Bastu's grandchildren and friends help her pick up the strands of her life after her husband dies.
Tania learns that her grandmother spent the last years of her life in the loving company of an alien. Together with two friends, she travels through rural Argentina to bring the creature back to its place of origin.
