Elias is a handsome young deputy manager in a garment factory in São Paulo. When he’s not working, he enjoys casual encounters in the big city. The arrival of a young African, Fernando, on the production line piques his interest and Elias finds himself increasingly drawn into socialising with his work colleagues.

After being released from a juvenile detention center, Wellington finds himself alone and adrift on the streets of São Paulo, without any contact from his parents and lacking the resources to rebuild his life. During a visit to a porn theater, he encounters Ronaldo, a mature man, who teaches him new ways of surviving. Gradually, their relationship turns into a conflicting passion, oscillating between exploitation and protection, jealousy and complicity.

Um travesti que perdeu o gosto pela vida é confrontado com a alegria de viver de um adolescente com síndrome de Down.

Após uma derrocada numa obra, Paulo perde o emprego porque denunciou a situação. A sua relação com a mulher vai deteriorando-se dia após dia. Anabela, a irmã de Paulo, vive com o pai de ambos, que sofre síndrome do ultramar. Bela é enfermeira e o único conforto de um doente terminal. Famílias grandes noutros tempos e que agora se limitam a sobreviver dentro do destino que lhes coube. Uns resistem e esbracejam, lutam e não se conformam, outros deixam cair os braços e desistem.

Nighttime and loneliness are filled with the devil. But then you come along. And so does the bittersweet life.