Lindolpho Gaya

The film follows two men living in a Rio de Janeiro slum: a black shoe-shiner and a white mill worker.

Unsuccessful music composer attempts suicide and moves to a new world where everything goes right for him.

In Buenos Aires, Frederico hides in a ship going to Rio de Janeiro to travel for free. But Azulão, the cook, finds him and blackmails him into working in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Alberto, the captain, receives a radio message saying that there was a dangerous international spy on board. Things get worse when some passports are mixed-up.