1938'de gergin geçen Münih Konferansı'nda artık rakip hükûmetler için çalışan eski arkadaşlar bir Nazi sırrını açığa çıkarmak için yarışan gönülsüz casuslar hâline gelir.
María Margarita is the youngest of four siblings in a family living in a mining town in the Atacama Desert (Chile). The most special time of the week for this family is Sunday, when they all go to the movies to enjoy stories that let them escape their everyday lives by transporting them to other worlds. The girl’s parents soon realise that the little girl has a very special gift: an almost uncanny ability to recount movies. The girl’s extraordinary talent will spread throughout the village, changing the fortunes of her family as the country is transformed forever.
In 1575, the young soldier Miguel de Cervantes is captured on the high seas by Barbary pirates and taken to Algiers as a hostage. Aware that a cruel death awaits him if his family does not pay his ransom soon, he finds refuge in his passion for storytelling.
Film , 19.yüzyılda Çin'de kadınlara uygulanan katı kültürel normlar ile savaşmak için kendilerine özgü gizli kodlar geliştiren iki kadının ömürboyu süren dostluğunu anlatıyor.