The main character is named Hugo, who represents Zaady as a child. He lost his father at the age of 9, and his mother ended up in a rehab clinic, causing him to move in with his grandparents. An invitation to spend the school vacations with a couple of family friends may have traced his entire history and may be the root of his personal conflicts. From this, the film tells the trajectory of a young man with a difficult and troubled personality who, upon arriving in Aracaju, starts dating Scarlet, a determined and engaging woman, but hides from her that he has another relationship with Duda, a drag queen who works in a nightclub in town.

In a dystopian future, Joana and Valenza take a journey adrift through a northeastern city. Through electronic music and a noisy track, the characters walking the streets perform what they feel while living in this society trying to understand it. Abjetas 288 deals with territorialities, identities and meritocracy, all with an ironic tone and using allegorical elements that dialogue with the popular history of Aracaju.