The quiet life of the small town Piedade's inhabitants is shaken up by the arrival of a big oil company, which barges in taking over houses and local businesses, throwing everyone out, to better reach and use the area's natural resources.
Mother and daughter live in a country house surrounded by waiting, where they silently await their father's return. Between the school routine, silent lunches and the traces left by absence, mother and daughter try to reorganize their own lives in the face of an emptiness that insists on remaining.
