“D” wakes up in a mental institution and has disturbing memory flashes which, nevertheless, do not explain why he is wearing a straightjacket. In the grip of genuine terror, he ends his anguish by letting himself fall into the abyss of madness.

The near future: Bruno is trying to win back his ex-wife. Under the pressure of her domineering mother and a new (arranged) boyfriend, Jorge, Isabel brings charges of harassment against Bruno. Bruno is trialed and sentenced. A device designed to suffocate him if he gets within 100 meters of Isabel is implanted in his throat. But that doesn’t stop Bruno, he practices holding his breath.

Sitting in a tavern, after having had lunch with an old friend, a man remembers anecdotes about his childhood spent in a popular Lisbon neighbourhood.