Adrift and desperately needing money to pay for his ailing adoptive father's care, Ubaldo, a bank clerk who's unable to remember his childhood, receives an inheritance that will change his destiny for good. He goes to Cratará, in the heart of the northwest desert, where he'll become the leader of a pack of ruthless bandits, fulfilling the legacy of his biological father - a mythical cangaceiro.

Ubaldo receives an inheritance that will change his destiny for good. In the heart of the northeast desert, he'll become the leader of a pack of ruthless bandits, fulfilling the legacy of his biological father - a mythical "Cangaceiro".

裴洛塔白天在保险公司上班，但他一心想快速致富，满足自我和女友朵乐莉的血拼需求而沉溺牌局，但他衰神缠身，欠赌场老大一屁股债。最后终于触及老大的底限，对他下达10天内还清借款的最后通牒！于是被逼到绝境的裴洛塔，竟然将脑筋动到即将在巴西足协总部展出的纯金胜利女神杯头上…