Four stories portray the human being and their existential dramas . Bruno 's life turns upside down when he is forced to care for her newborn son as his wife Helen is afflicted with postpartum depression. Ronaldo , a man of 56 years receive the news of a terminal illness , when preparing to receive her mother 80 years , and try to tell her about his life . Martha teenager , 17 , off the weight , you see ravaged by dictatorship of female beauty , and committeth fornication secretly to raise money for a reduction of stomach. While the nurse Jorge knows Ana , they fall in love and end up having an extreme relationship that culminates in an unwanted pregnancy. The stories reveal the fragility of the human being through social relations .