Rampa tells the story of Matilde, a middle-class prep-school girl in Lisbon, who finds herself at a social crossroads when her parents divorce and she’s forced to move to a low-income neighbourhood across town. It is just after Summer holiday when Matilde, young and insecure, returns to school – but after the Summer troublesome events, everything feels different.
Sofia
Tomás and Sofia have been married for five years. He works as a cartoonist in the local newspaper. She works in a hotel. Tomás dreams of being an artist. But he lacks the inner strength to achieve it. Raul, his best friend and his "Guardian Angel" insists on the highest quality of his paintings. But when everything seems to be happening, Tomás enters in an emotional crisis that keeps him increasingly apart from Sofia into a point that she does not recognize him anymore. Sofia begins to lose her mental sanity. She starts living in an unwanted isolation. In her dormant mental state, she begins to feel bad about what she discovers inside of her...She feels something evil coming closer and closer to her. Sofia realizes that her life became something that now she can not control anymore. Two parallel stories about two persons that look for each other but simultaneously fear one another. Only life as itself
Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfreda. He was surprised when she told him that her greatest desire was to see the Virgin Mary. Now comes this rich land owner with her sublime pretensions. Isn't it enough for her to have an Aston Martin and a Jaguar in the garage and ten different dresses per season? It was all professor Heschel's fault. Or someone else's. Anyway, to go beyond the promise is heresy. Alfreda said that she wouldn't rest until she saw the Virgin and made her some questions. Filipe Quinta, the Forger, says he has a solution. Meanwhile, Bahia, her husband, listens do music.
Ana
O que impede duas pessoas de estarem juntas? Uma pessoa a mais. O que impede uma pessoa de lutar por outra? Nada! Pedro vive na periferia, onde trabalha na oficina de seu pai. Diariamente desloca-se ao centro da cidade onde estuda e encontra o seu grupo de amigos por alturas do Verão, desce ao rio e aí passam as tardes, os tempos livres ou o tempo de aulas. Entre charros, passeios de mota e mergulhos, tudo parece correr bem neste grupo até qe Pedro e o Amigo começam a disputar a mesma rapariga. Pedro é lançado numa espiral descendente, onde tudo à sua volta se parece desmoronar. Como um íman atrai a limalha, parece Pedro atrair problemas, desde a escola á sua relação com os pais. Assim Pedro aprende a respirar debaixo de água.
