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Alex is a 15-year-old with a secret. Soon after her birth her parents decide to leave Buenos Aires to make a home out of an isolated wooden house tucked away in the dunes of the Uruguayan shoreline.

When old family friend and plastic surgeon Ramiro arrives with his wife Erika and teenage son Álvaro, Alex begins to realise that the visit is more to do with Ramiro’s professional aspirations than a friendly catch-up. As the parents wrestle with the complications that will arise as Alex reaches adulthood, Alex and Alvaro become close, their relationship causing tensions amongst the locals. However, as the parents battle it out to instill a sense of open-mindedness amongst their society, it is the children who prove themselves to be flexible in understanding the sexual leanings and complexities of others.

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