Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
Diogo (17) has a little quirk: he likes to call his mother's female therapy patients and masturbate while listening to them on the phone. One of these patients is Angela (43), a woman who was just left by her husband When Diogo calls Angela, she thinks it's her husband calling. She starts having a relationship with the silence on the other end of the line. But when she finds out it's Diogo, she's disgusted. She's furious. But, most of all, she's attracted to this person who showed so much interest in her. The only person who called her every day. Diogo helps Angela see that she can have a new beginning and she shows him his way to independence. But they have to face a number of obstacles: There's the age difference, Diogo's mother, and, especially, his own path to adulthood.
Silahlı bir soygun suçundan hapse giren Wayland, hapiste kaldığı 15 yılın ardından özgürlüğüne kavuşur. Memleketine geri dönen Wayland burada üç çocuğuna bakmaya çalışan, bekar bir anne olan eski sevgilisi Dolores ile karşılaşır. Yeniden bir araya gelmelerinden kısa bir süre sonra Wayland, ailenin yanına taşınır ve farkında olmadan ihtiyaç duyulan bab figürü haline gelir.
Mucizevi bir hamilelik. Merhametsiz bir kral. Ölesiye bir kovalamaca. Meryem'in İsa'yı dünyaya getirdiği yolculuğu, İncil'e dayalı bu destanda açığa çıkıyor.