Eighteen-year old orphan Andrea moves to battle-scarred Barcelona to take up a scholarship at the university. But staying with relatives in their crumbling apartment, her dreams of independence are dashed among the eccentric collection of misfits who surround her, not least her uncle Roman....

Andrea llega a Barcelona para estudiar Letras. Sus ilusiones chocan, inmediatamente, con el ambiente de tension y emociones violentas que reina en casa de su abuela....