十九世纪末二十世纪初，剧作家兼作家卢西奥和著名而神秘的诗人里卡多结下了深厚的友谊。神秘人物玛尔塔的出现，激起了两人之间欲望与疯狂的冲动。

In 1974, the Portuguese and their descendants fled Angola where nationalist groups gradually claimed their territory back. A tribal girl discovers love and death when her path crosses that of a Portuguese soldier. Then, a Portuguese squad is barracked inside a wall from which they will have to escape once the past comes out of the grave to claim its long-awaited justice.