Argentine 40-year-old Laura, visiting Cuba for the first time on business, is divorcing her husband back in Buenos Aires. She's soon involved with smooth-talking cab driver Frank. Garment manufacturer Francisco, having lost his wife, children, and home, has traveled to Cuba to kill himself, but Frank's mother realizes that Francisco is...

Before dying, Jenny's mother writes four letters for each of the stages her daughter will live without having her at her side. After an early pregnancy and a marriage that ended in failure, Jenny opens the fourth card, which will lead her to Israel.