After her death, a mother return to her home town in order to fix the situation she couldn't resolve...
After her death, a mother return to her home town in order to fix the situation she couldn't resolve during her life.
Raimunda, her daughter Paula and her sister Sole travel from Madrid to the windy and supertitious village of Alcanfor de las Infantas to visit the grave of their mother and aunt Irene, who died year ago in a fire with her husband. Then they visit Irene's sister Paula, an old senile aunt that raised Raimunda after the death of her parents that inists to tell them that Irene is alive and living with her; later, they go to the house of her neighbor and friend Agustina, who gives a support to Paula. They return to Madrid, and after a hard day of work, Raimunda meets her daughter completely distraught at the bus stop waiting for her. When they arrive home, Paula tells that she killed her unemployed father Paco, who was completely drunk and tried to rape her. While Raimunda is hiding his body, Sole calls her to tell that their beloved aunt Paula had died. On the next morning, Sole travels alone to the funeral...