The life of a young performer is thrown into turmoil when she is invited to play Saint Teresa of Ávila in a film.

On Christmas Eve, two women engage in a conversation in a boat, as it glides over the waters of a dark, cold pond. An unexpected event will leave its mark at the end of this crossing. Based on a short story by Lygia Fagundes Telles.

At a construction site, a delivery man lunches with his bricklayer friends and watches a crossfire between the engineer and the foreman.