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Born on the same day in 1931, Octavio and Adela’s lives are traced across eight decades in a mosaic of intense encounters, near-misses, and simmering desires. The film unfolds in eight episodes that capture the shifting contours of their relationship — from youthful passion and misunderstandings to the quiet complexities of middle age and old age — against the backdrop of societal change. Each episode reveals how memory, chance, and miscommunication shape the course of two lives that keep returning to one another.

The storytelling is intimate and lyrical, using time jumps and subtle visual motifs to show how the characters evolve while certain tensions persist. Performances emphasize emotional truth over melodrama, rendering ordinary moments—letters, glances, misplaced words—with haunting significance. Ultimately, the film is a meditation on fate and resilience, asking whether a connection forged in youth can survive the accumulation of decades and the weight of regret.