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On the last days of his life, while succumbing to alcoholism in a hospital, famed writer Lima Barreto chronicles his trajectory story as a black, poor writer living in Brazilian society between monarchy's dying days and early years of republic with its countless social problems, which formed the basis of his many novels.
Grounded in his room for having done a thousand and one antics at his school in recent days, Thomas - a boy stuck with a bully - is faced with a mysterious book left by his sister in his room. When reading the book's name aloud, "Tell Your Story or Deliver Your Soul," Thomas begins a fantastic and terrifying journey that will make him reflect on the disrespectful way he treats his friends and schoolmates.