Ricardo is 10 years old, lives in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul and has nightmares about Velho do Saco, sort of a Brazilian bogeyman, “who takes out the eyes of misbehaving children”. It is not easy to distinguish truths and lies when the loss of innocence is confused with the loss of sight.

Ilza leaves home to buy tomatoes. Along the way, an unexpected loss sets her on a journey through the streets, in search of something she believes she has lost forever.