Nalu lives with Ruben, her father, in a small country town near the Brazilian border with Uruguay. When Ruben realizes that his daughter is becoming a woman, an ambiguous closeness begins to develop between them.

Nalu on the Border

Chiara is the matriarch of an Italian-descendent family torn apart.  After her youngest son moves out, she decides to go along with Alfredo, her husband, on his trips as a salesman in the bars of Serra Gaucha.  Their trust in each other breaks down when Chiara finds out about Alfredo's life on the road and he realizes she hides something too.  A turtle and decks of cards with put their fifty-year relationship to the test.