Uruguay, 1973. Having been crushed by the military dictatorship, surviving members of the Tupamaro guerillas are imprisoned and tortured. They must find a way to endure the coming 12 years.

On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety and renew her strength before sending her eldest son out into the world.

Alex, an intersexed 15-year-old, is living as a girl, but she and her family begin to wonder whether she’s emotionally a boy when another teenager’s sexual advances bring the issue…