Picucha may seem old-fashioned, but she has modern ideas and a great sense of humor. As the matriarch of a big family, she is involved in the daily lives of her children, grandchildren and other relatives. Undeterred by the typical problems of old age, she uses her many years of experience to solve problems in the best way possible.

When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant to make a movie, a group of villagers decide to make a sci-fi joint about a monster who lives in the building site of a septic tank.

故事发生在位于巴西的阿雷格里港，19岁的男孩安德烈（拉萨罗·拉莫斯 Lázaro Ramos 饰）出生和成长在这里。安德烈是一名复印机操作员，他的生活就和自己的这份工作一样，日复一日毫无变化，每一天都不过是前一天的复制品而已。
唯一能够让安德烈感到兴奋的事情，就是用望远镜偷看自己的邻居希尔威亚（莱昂德拉·利尔 Leandra Leal 饰），希尔威亚是服装销售员，她所代表的，是一个安德烈从未涉足过的缤纷多彩的世界。为了能够接近希尔威亚，安德烈常常到他的店里去买东西，但很快的，安德烈就意识到，想要追求女孩，他缺少至关重要的道具，那就是钱。