خلاصه داستان : زنی چهل‌ودوساله در یک روستای ماهیگیری در گالیسیا، با کار سخت و چند شغله روزگار می‌گذراند. حالا که دختر هجده‌ساله‌اش آماده استقلال شده، او زندگی‌اش را زیر سؤال می‌برد و به دنبال راهی برای رهایی از این چرخه می‌گردد.

Ramona’s life in a Galician fishing village is a constant hustle. Always sacrificing everything for her daughter’s future, she will be pushed to look inwards and to think that, maybe, there is something new to live for.

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When the troubled son of an NGO worker refuses to take a test and announces that he is not leaving his room, his concerned mother asks one of her clients, a Cuban exile, for help in setting the boy straight. Gonzalo has decided to drop out of school, and his mother Ana isn't sure how to convince the boy that he's making a crucial mistake. Ana's client Carlos is a Cuban exile who makes his living selling cigars and artwork on the black market. When Carlos learns of Ana's dilemma, he calls on recently released convict Mikel to teach the boy how to play chess. Perhaps is young Gonzalo can master the game, he can learn to start living again. As the lessons get underway, each of these characters learns that in order to truly move on with their lives they much first break free of the bonds that prevent them from being who they really are.