巴西歌手Tim Maia的传记电影。记录了Maia从里约热内卢的童年到55岁逝世间的人生故事，包括其在美国找到新的音乐风格以及因偷窃和使用毒品被捕的经历。

Five friends drink beer and chat at Violeta's house. Bit by bit, their stories of love, loss and suffering are told, revealing the acts of love and friendship that helped them through the hardest times of their lives.

During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.