1914年第一次世界大战前夕，一名气象学家被派往南极孤岛上做气候观测。然而他很快发现，岛上除了他和一个疯疯癫癫的灯塔员，还有其它生物的存在... 影片改编自同名小说。

　　Carmen learns that her daughter Maria died in an accident. After a couple of days, she decides to go to her apartment for some paperwork but here she discovers that Maria was about to adopt a Vietnamese girl named Thi Mai. Carmen then decides to go to Vietnam with her friends Elvira and Rosa, although none of the three has ever left Spain in their life. During the search for Thi Mai, they will have the opportunity to experience crazy and hilarious situations caused by cultural differences. They will be accompanied by Dan, a Vietnamese guide, and Andrés, a young Spanish actor going to Hanoi to live with his partner.

　　屁股长在脸上的少女，没有眼睛的妓女，脸部畸形的妇人，想变成美人鱼的男孩，侏儒女想要孩子，他们因为外貌的丑陋，而活在自卑痛苦之中。