Buenos Aires 1976 Osvaldo Ferrero a distinguished doctor & his wife Yolanda escape the city with their daughters sensible Julieta & wilful Graciela who is nineteen & madly in love On their return the Argentine military stages a coup Friends disappear overnight & Osvaldo is forced to flee to Europe When her fiance is abducted Graciela goes into hiding then she vanishes in turn As Yolanda fights on the ground for some trace of their beloved daughter she soon realises she may be fighting for an unknown grandchild as well