It’s Christmas season. Ten years have passed since Lina traveled to Chile to work as a domestic worker away from her son who lives with her grandmother in Peru. Manuel, a former employer, ask her to supervise the construction of a swimming pool for his daughter Clara in his new house. In this half-inhabited space, Lina spends the day taking care of Clara, while at night, she has furtive sexual encounters with strangers that confront her with her deep solitude.

玛塞拉是一个年轻的女子，她最近手头有些拮据，于是找到一份暑假工，那就是照看阿玛尔多——一个常年卧病在床的老人，老人的孩子都不在身边。她本以为自己的难题解决了，谁料阿玛尔多不久后便去世，这使得玛塞拉陷入困境。老人的死让她再度失业，而一切都让她几近崩溃……尽管身陷窘境，玛塞拉还是用她顽强的毅力坚持生活下去，她告诉所有人，死亡并不能阻碍生活的脚步。