A young Chinese girl and her mother struggle to find a better life in Portugal, the 'West Coast of Europe'.
In the Tejo river estuary, a Chinese girl and her mother survive by catching clams, an activity illegal in the area. The mother only speaks Mandarin and relies on her young daughter to translate everything for her. Their life in Portugal, a country once presented as "The West Coast of Europe" in tourism campaigns, is nothing close to the "American Dream".