Since childhood, Raquel and Maria have been close friends. Now all grown-up, Raquel has fulfilled her dream of becoming an actress, while Maria has married a handyman, given birth to three children and runs the family household. In the wake of the Argentine military coup of 1976, Maria's oldest son Carlos is abducted. Desperate, Maria turns to her prominent friend for help. Yet the more Raquel gets involved in the search for Carlos, the more she becomes herself a target of the junta. Finally, she flees from Argentina to Berlin. Meanwhile Maria joins a group of women who investigate the fate of their disappeared relatives. In 1983, after the fall of the dictatorship, the two friends meet again.

La historia de dos amigas íntimas durante la última dictadura cívico-militar argentina y como viven durante el Terrorismo de Estado que se aplicó en esos años. Las amigas son eventualmente separadas y vueltas a reunirse, una vez terminada la dictadura, para luchar juntas por los derechos humanos y la justicia, junto a las Madres de Plaza de Mayo.