The Woman is looking for the Man to whom she says the phrase "the eyes of a blue dog" in a dream. In the dreams, the Man and the Woman know each others. The Woman is searching for the Man also outside the dream world, but the Man won't remember anything that has been said in the dream nor he won't understand the Woman who constantly tries to recall the Man of these words everywhere. "The eyes of a blue dog" would help them to recognize each other when awake. The film is based on the novel "The Eyes of a Blue Dog" by Gabriel Garcia Márquez.