Zézé Gamboa's sardonic historical drama follows a good-hearted, apolitical con man who, on the eve of Angolan independence in the mid-1970s, pulls off a massive swindle at the expense of the Portuguese colonial administration — and soon after finds himself hailed as a hero of the national liberation struggle.

Adapted from his autobiography, the film recounts the story of Hiroito, The King of Boca do Lixo (a region in downtown São Paulo of the fifties where various nightclubs, strip joints, prostitution, bars, and drugs can be found). Hiroito was a well born bohemian and at the age of 21 was accused for the murder of his father, who was violently stabbed over 40 times with a razor. Hiroito was not charged, however two months after the death of his father, Hiroito bought two guns and moved to Boca do Lixo and became one of the most dangerous criminals of the region.

A man falls in love with a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her to a gas station to show her naked to whomever pays him some money.

Paulo (Pedro Brício), um publicitário carioca, se muda para Brasília para ser o gestor da imagem pública de um senador que quer a reeleição. Paulo vai acompanhado de sua mulher, Cris (Cintia Rosa), uma jornalista com quem tem uma filha pequena. Mas o relacionamento deles não é movido pelo amor, só estão juntos pela menina, fruto de uma gravidez indesejada. Quando a campanha política está ameaçada por uma jovem rival do partido de esquerda, que, cada vez mais, ganha popularidade, Paulo é pressionado a tomar atitudes indesejadas, que afetam não apenas sua carreira mas também sua vida pessoal.

1988: A Brazilian flight attendant named Fernando jets between Rio and New York, loves many men, and lives life to the fullest. He ignores the fact that lots of people around him are contracting a mysterious illness. When he himself is diagnosed with HIV, he resolves to fight it. Taking a risk, he smuggles a drug out of the US and into Brazil, where it is illegal.

From a repressive childhood to artistic revolution, Ney Matogrosso transforms Brazil's stages — and himself — through music, creativity and inner fire.