The community of Covas do Barroso, in northern Portugal, discovers that the British company Savannah Resources plans to build the largest open-pit lithium mine in Europe just few meters from their homes. Confronted by this imminent threat, the People decide to organize themselves and expel the company from their lands.

Memories take us to places. They open the door to places we can't return anymore. Desabitar invites us to travel through our memories and through the way they affect us. Is it possible to be truly free when part of ourselves still lives in the Past?

Vanessa is a teenager like many others, who lives with her mother in the periphery of a big city and misses school to player with her friends. Things change when she gets pregnant.