In Portugal, Laura, the wife of a military officer refused for a long time to believe in his husband's death. Against all odds she investigates on her own what happened in Guinea.

A Portuguese officer supposedly dead in a mine explosion is captured by the African guerrilla in Guiné (former Portuguese colony) while his beloved wife Laura remain inconsolable in Portugal trying to believe that Jorge is still alive. Meanwhile, an old Laura friend, a lieutenant, tries to convince Laura that Jorge is dead. Eduardo has always been a secret Laura lover. The romance between them is however darkened with the phantom shadow of Jorge hanging over them...—João Ferreira