Ema, jeune danseuse mariée à un chorégraphe de renom, est hantée par les conséquences d'une adoption qui a mal tourné. Elle décide de transformer sa vie.
Chile, 1983. Gladys is a brave young woman who lives in La Victoria, a marginal neighborhood of Santiago with her mother and daughter during the Pinochet dictatorship. One day they receive a young missionary, Samuel Thompson, who, with his camera, records how the population lives in such an adverse scenario.