A gang of friends is one day contacted by a mysterious Italian (from the Mafia, it is assumed) to steal part of the Lalique Collection from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Museum....

On June 26, 1941, the German army invaded Russia. Maria João photographs Lisbon full of refugees arriving in Portugal. When her father-in-law Nicolau suffers an accident, he asks Maria João to help him manage the company....