In the rural countryside, Laura lives a life with her older husband that is foreign to her. When her brother, Nuno, visits, he discovers in his sister a serene sadness, relieved by an occasional lover. At the same time, Nuno strikes up a friendship with the farmhand who soon turns out to be a replica of his first love as a young man. The mismatch of their secret loves ends up bringing the siblings closer together in the only bond they have left to cherish.