Through out six different and yet parallel stories that take place during the corrupted goverment during the 90s in Peru, Lombardi tells the moral decomposition that ran through all classes and generations of the peruvian society.
Manuela and her mother have different ways of perceiving the world they live in. They discuss masculinity, love, and, as if that were not enough, the importance of a sofa.
A mysterious perfume offers Estela the chance to become the assured woman she always wanted to be. But when her desires start to come true she discovers something about her real essence.
In Madrid, a petty thief who cannot adjust to life outside of jail puts together a theater troupe her friends -- a prostitute, a gypsy, and a Colombian immigrant -- in an attempt to make a go at a relatively straight life.
Obsessed with having a child, a couple devoted to a religious cult decides to bring a pregnant young woman, into their home until the baby is born, intending to adopt the child afterwards.