Meme and Jeremias, the youngest members of a conventional bourgeois family, are entangled in a forbidden romantic relationship. Their mother, Lucia, is the authoritative figure in the home, but her obsession with maintaining the facade of upper-middle-class respectability blinds her to the reality unfolding within her own household. As the siblings’ elder brother and his fiancée return for their wedding, it becomes increasingly clear that the secret is on the verge of being exposed. However, it is also evident that if Lucia were to discover the affair, the repercussions would be disastrous.