Lera is a sociology student at a small-town university. Her mother is a sleepwalker who believes in miracles, and her father just left the family for another woman. Lera has no idea how to make her life better. And one more thing: a spirit keeps visiting her dreams at night. And the harder Lera's life gets, the more often she has these dreams. That is, until the spirit steps into the world of the living.

　　蒂娜的男朋友意识到蒂娜要开煤气度死自己和新生的孩子，于是一把抓起宝贝儿冲到里斯本街头。接下来他要做的事情构成了这部由葡萄牙导演佩德罗·科斯塔执导的过度沮丧的极简主义电影作品。来到大街上，这个年轻人试图把孩子卖掉，没有成功，接着丢弃在保姆家中，仍然无法解决。于是他把孩子送给街头的拉客妓女。与此同时，蒂娜和她的朋友也在努力找到孩子。尝试失败后，她们决定要向男朋友报复……