Juca Valente owns a kiosk on the coast of São Paulo and just wants to have fun. An eternal flirt, he hates big responsibilities and doesn't think about having anything serious with anyone. But his life takes an entirely different turn when an American ex-girlfriend dumps a baby on him and disappears. Juca then leaves for the United States with the intention of returning the child, not imagining that he would start liking the idea of being a father.

Marcelo was taken to Paris, where he has lived since he was 12. After the sudden death of his mother in 1992, he returns for the first time to the place where he was born. As he walks through the city of his childhood, a series of memories unfolds, revealing a story of friendship torn apart by tragedy and the social tensions that marked Brazil in the 1960s, leading him to question his identity and his place in the world.