Mariano, 16, inexplicably and without warning, shoots himself twice and improbably survives. Then, life goes on. His brother pursues a romance with a girl working at a fast-food joint, his mother takes off on a trip with a stranger, and Mariano recruits a woman to join his medieval wind ensemble.

1972 年，一支橄榄球队乘坐乌拉圭空军 571 号航班飞往智利。飞机在安第斯山脉中心的冰川上遭遇灾难性坠毁，45 名乘客中只有 29 人幸存。面对世界上最险恶的环境之一，他们被迫采取极端措施来保全性命。

Jimena travels to Río Grande, on the island of Tierra del Fuego in southernmost Argentina, to join her half-brother Mariano. She has almost no money to travel but manages to arrive there hoping to have a better life in that manufacturing region. The wind, the cold and the complex economic crisis form the background against in which Jimena will develop empathy for the people around her and a feeling of belonging there, but also a place where she will learn to know herself better.

路易莎的生活正在被推向极限。她有一个14岁的患有梦游症的女儿，一场沉默的随时会崩溃的婚姻，以及一个巨大的复杂家庭——祖母、兄弟姐妹和表亲们。夏天伴随着汗水和酒精，加上梦游女儿裸露的身躯和黑夜中的凝视……随着令人不安的情绪弥漫，所有破碎的情节正在拼接成为一个爆炸性的结局。