While waiting for the arrival of his wife Celeste Espírito Santo from Germany, the bureaucratic clerk of the Minister of Culture Paulo Estrela initiates a small talk with the airport receptionist Salete. He tells how he met the awarded short movie director Celeste and immediately had a crush one her. Then he tells the development of their unconventional relationship, while trying to raise funds for her first feature film, "Impossible Loves", and how she succeeds to travel to Germany.