Daniel falls in love with his best friend Beto and kisses him. Beto gets depressed and goes to vent to Diego that he urgently wants to have sex with any girl that appears in front of him. Meanwhile, Tio Armando is getting drunk at the bar and runs over a guy. After this accident, the lives of these friends go back in time several times without explanation.
A star medical examiner is called to Brasília, the administrative capital of Brazil, to confirm the identity of a beautiful, young congressional aide's dead body. But his scientific rigor soon leads him to details of a multi-layered political scandal.
The film tells the story of Cristório, a fisherman from Northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhão, who lost his young son when he was killed by jealous husband, during a folklore festival that celebrates the return of a ressurected bull, called Bumba-meu-boi. It is a journey to the heart of deepest Brazil, where it finds the dramatic soul of the Brazilian people.
