On the eve of her wedding, Glorinha finds herself looking back at her life and confronting the injustices, sexual perversions, adultery and crimes that are hidden under the happy bourgeoise facade.

After the death of his eldest son, who fell victim to a disease transmitted by white people, the Indian Uirá, chief of the Urubú tribe, decides to set off in search of the god Maíra, creator of the world of men, with whom only brave warriors of the forest are reunited after death. Uirá will also encounter the 'civilisation' of the new Brazil.

Story of Brazilian bank-robber Lúcio Flávio, who fascinated some people in Rio de Janeiro during the 1970s for his bold robberies and spectacular escapes, and also because he was thought to be intelligent and "politically aware". Before dying, he disclosed a network of corruption in Brazilian Police, and its involvement with the infamous "Death Squad" of the time, a group of policemen who went about killing criminals without giving them a fair trial.