When the reasons for laughing are the same as the reasons for crying, the hiding places of the complex human mind are revealed.
After the unexpected death of his father, Walter's world is turned upside down. He meets a half-sister, Magnolia, moves in with his aunt in a studio apartment and begins to suffer episodes of narcolepsy. From certain situations in apparent disconnection, Walter finds clues that lead him to consider that his father faked his own death to avoid the heavy daily routine. In pursuit of corroborating his hypothesis, Walter will be torn between sanity and madness, the real and the dreamlike, between life and death.