A história de Luizinha, uma menina nascida numa família muito pobre que é entregue pelo pai a António, o homem mais rico da cidade, para que este a crie. Mas a morte da esposa leva António a casar pela segunda vez com Berta e depressa se percebe que a grande casa familiar é demasiado pequena para albergar Luizinha e a madrasta. No auge do conflito, António defende a filha e Berta abre-lhe um processo de divórcio litigioso. Pouco depois, aparece morta e António é acusado de homicídio. Mas a verdade que o tribunal procura desvendar poderá não ser a mais óbvia.

Portugal, 1968. Salazar, the fascist dictator who reigned the longest time in the world, falls from a chair and suffers a stroke. When he returns to the São Bento mansion to convalesce, he is no longer President of the Council. But no one tells him the truth: not his faithful housekeeper Maria de Jesus, nor his maids Aparecida, Socorro, and Teresinha, nor his personal doctor. For two years he lives under a meticulously constructed illusion, believing he is still President, until his death in 1970.

Pluto is no longer considered a planet. The posters in the classrooms and museum shops were replaced, new objects similar to Pluto will continue to appear. As time goes by, we'll get used to this idea just as we forget an old lover and long for new horizons.

Follows five women who fight for the stability of an hotel they inherited, living an "old and irresolvable conflict", with many conversations that have been postponed and much that remains to be said within a family.