Despite their disabilities, the two friends Nora and Isabel try to lead normal lives. Strangely enough, it is their family, well-meaning friends and care workers who appear not to want that at all. When Nora decides one day to marry her African lover Amadou, her family does everything in its power to stop her. The foreigner's presence sets in motion a series of unfortunate events: a suicide, a bitter deal, and a forced homecoming.