In the middle of a quiet house in rural countryside of the state of Rio de Janeiro, an elderly couple lives with the limitations of old age. Divaldo shares his solitude with Myriam. She dies during sleep and the next day. Divaldo buries her in the backyard. After the funeral, he expresses mourning in a peculiar way.
Tom is a young man who, overwhelmed by graduation from high school but with no college prospects, decides to kidnap his friends and reform their rock band from eighth grade.
Batista and Maria form a couple who, apparently, are very happy in their marriage. However, the truth is that appearances deceive and much; in the background, Batista, an inveterate alcoholic and Maria, who has an affair with her eldest daughter's boyfriend, Emilia, represents a family on the edge of the ruins.