[4][5] On his 18th birthday, in Autumn, Tomas is getting ready to leave his home in Caldas de Aregos, near Baião,[6] in the Porto region, in Northern Portugal, to go to Britain study medicine.

He helps his father making his wine with his sister Belinha while the mother his preparing his favourite dish.

Tomas comes back for Christmas and Belinha tells him she too is about to leave to study fashion design abroad.

In Portuguese theatres the film was preceded by a message of gratitude by the director and some members of the crew.

[8] The film was described by Observador as "telling the story of a family, the time that passes, what never changes while the son emigrates".