Dirceu, 30 years old, works as a demolition man in Recife, Brazil, despite his aristocratic origins. The victim of a “subjective amnesia”, he tries to bury his family’s past. Maria, a carefree and joyful music student, also comes from the countryside, but uses the city for a different purpose. If Dirceu aspires to a stable world, Maria lives in total discord with the present. To her, nothing is as it should be. Their encounter unleashes an urge in Dirceu to be someone else.