When Paulo and his girlfriend Gloria left to spend a romantic summer break on a beautiful island resort, they expected it to be a love-filled time just between the two of them, but nothing ever goes as planned. When a cruise carrying European superstar Sara Sarracini, a woman Paulo deeply adores and secretly loves, arrives on the island for a vacation to celebrate her return to cinema after a ten year retirement, nothing will be the same again as she comes between them. Through betrayed heartbreak, newfound love and bitter jealousy, they discover that love is a tender madness.