The story takes place in the symbolic space of a fish bowl, which serves as a backdrop for a series of three episodes taken from everyday life: a man who futilely waits for a woman and who decides to trick his solitude in order to survive; a boxer who refuses to acknowledge his helplessness and the spectacle of his own defeat, and finally, a couple in danger that cannot resist the frightful landscape that is right outside their window. In short, the viewpoint of a human being in crisis and the condition of being a tiny fish in a giant bowl whose destiny he cannot control.

Manuela lives alone in a building downtown and has just ended a relationship, which only makes her want to be alone. Her friend Claudia tries to cheer her up but Manuela is reluctant and in deep lethargy. The arrival of a new neighbour right in front of her catches her attention. He is Mauricio, a blind musician. Manuela slowly begins to feel attracted to him in a subtle process of seduction through music and sound.

Nina is a woman who has been married for 10 years. She lives in Valparaíso, between the hills and the ocean. With the years, the relationship with Lorenzo, her husband, has cooled off. The marriage is submerged in the routine of those who believe that although there is love, there is no more opportunity. However, the letters of a man in love break the relationship’s apparent tranquillity, making Nina dream with the possibility of a new love. They are letters of deep poetry that make her dream and seduce her. Very intrigued, Nina phantasies about the identity of her lover, who is closer than she thinks.

Three women are locked in the airport’s Ladies Room. Elisa, the main character, is minutes away from taking off to Canada to meet her husband who lives and works there. Soledad is coming back from a long backpacking tour and Nuria is heading to a medical conference on asthma. The confinement becomes a therapy that lets each woman’s truth out. In the context of this unexpected meeting in the Ladies Room and the restless presence of other women, Elisa will reflect on her real emotions and will question the path she chose to walk in life.

Nicolás is angry. Once again they broke into his house and took his bike away. He could swear to have seen a suspicious man hanging around his block that day. So, the city half destroyed by an earthquake and the curfew imposed by the military government do not matter, he goes with his mother to the Court to identify the thief. But he sees more than he would want and, after discovering the threads that join him to that evil place, he is not certain about the meaning of State of Catastrophe, but he thinks he has a lead.