Mark is a young Englishman who has just arrived on the coast of Cádiz, to visit his cousin Margaret, who has organized a barbecue with her friends. After lunch, Amaro invites Mark for a ride on his boat to see the coast from the sea. Mark, without thinking, lets himself be carried away; without knowing his life is about to change forever.
Daniel, a recent university graduate with Down's Syndrome falls in love on his first day at work in the Department of Social Services. Laura is an outsider who spends her nights in the city's crowded clubs and singles' bars, escaping her problems in the arms of total strangers. Yet despite their apparent incompatibility, the two strike up a moving, bittersweet friendship that touches them both and eventually sets them on the road to happiness.