The plot concerns about a family drama involving director Irene, her aging father Mateo and her son David, an architecture student who maintains a relation with cashier Clara.

Upon the death of David in a car accident, Mateo begins to write his grandson's story.

[1] It was shot in the Madrid region and the province of A Coruña,[3] including the Langosteira Beach [gl].

[7] Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the "tightly buttoned, trigenerational family drama" to be "worthy but dull".

[1] The review in El País observed that despite the film starting with "cheesy" trappings, the plot takes a "spectacular turn" by dealing a "brutal blow", eventually underpinning the film as "one of those movies that serve to learn more about life".