Julia voelt niets meer. Ze verlaat haar gezin om te ontkomen aan de sleur van alle dag. Ze wil leven, liefde, seks en weer kunnen voelen. Tijdens de zoektocht naar zichzelf komt ze erachter dat een geheim uit haar jeugd haar leven nog steeds bepaalt.

Julia has a good job and has two children with the caring Paul. But there are antidepressants in the kitchen drawer. She had imagined her life so differently when she was young and fantasized about it with her brother Jimmy. Their tragic farewell was twenty years ago, but still gnawing at her. After a fight with Paul, Julia decides to change course radically. She leaves - in the spirit of Jimmy - for the Portuguese Algarve. As she gets to know the mysterious gigolo Romeo, Julia's past comes closer than ever.