炎热的夏日, 一个罗马的寡妇 Laura Rossellini 在阿尔加维(Algarve)海滩过暑. 一天她发现一个躺在橡皮筏里的受伤的男子 Robert 被冲到了海边. 她把他带回了家, 当他苏醒后, 慢慢对她讲述了自己的故事, 他们彼此间也逐渐萌生了好感. 直到一群士兵突然出现, 来寻找 Robert...

A girl from the countryside goes to the city of Belém to take part in the Círio de Nazaré celebrations. Led to prostitution, she wishes to move to the wealthiest Southeast region of Brazil. In a dance club, she meets a truck driver that transports wood. Dreaming with the big city, she asks for a ride, and the two begin a journey through the Trans-Amazon road. In tension with the Brazilian military authorities of the time, the film registers several aspects of the Amazon social tragedy – forest fires, slave work and child prostitution. Awarded in several international festivals, the film was forbidden by the Brazilian censorship. It was only released years later, winning the Brasília Film Festival in 1981.