A metaphorical tale about pain and loss. Sela, a famous writer, committed suicide. Lars, her ex-lover, tries to find out why she did it. In the process, he discovers an unknown world of feelings and sense of guiltiness.
Iris, a beautiful young photographer, leaves an unhappy marriage and returns to her mother in a village in Spain. The Spanish Civil War is raging. Iris meets Oscar.
A writer of crime stories discovers that reality is more criminal than the stories he writes.