Sharon's dedication to her job does little to compensate for the fact that she has no personal life. She has been estranged from her family for many years. Disconnected from them and from life in general, Sharon fills her days with work and her nights with her private regrets.

Nevertheless, she longs for the family that has shut her out.

Somewhere in the same neighborhood a man who goes by the name of Catch is living his own half-life. A strange, haunted soul who sleeps in an empty apartment, he spends his days dispensing little gifts of goodwill to anyone in need.

To most people who encounter him, Catch is an odd but harmless figure. To some, he appears dangerous, suspicious... they wonder what he is up to. But Catch is indifferent to the reactions he elicits. He moves through the landscape in a kind of existential daze, performing his services automatically as though this is the only thing he was meant to do. Yet he seems to derive no real pleasure from it.

Like Sharon, Catch has no personal life.

While pursuitng a suspect one night, Sharon nearly becomes victim of a fatal ambush... until a mysterious stranger, Catch intervenes, disarms the assassin and saves Sharon's life.

A stroke of luck? A twist of fate? A concerned citizen who just happened to pass by at the right time and wasn't afraid to get involved? Maybe.

As the two fall in love, they discover the truth about each other and are forced to deal with the secrets from their past.

When Sharon learns that her parents, Josephine (Sonia Braga) and Carl (Victor Argo) are planning a big party to celebrate the renewal of their wedding vows and she has not been invited, she reaches a crisis. At the same time, Sharon's investigations into her new lover's background bring up issues for him that he would do anything to avoid - even if it means never seeing her again.

After years of dealing with their pain in the only way they knew how, Sharon and Catch must make some difficult decisions and risk losing each other if they are going to move forward and reclaim their lives.