João Miguel

She teaches him to play piano. He teaches her to ride a bike. Together, they might just learn what true love really means — and what it takes to find it.

The story of Karine, a 30-year-old woman who lives in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. Eight months pregnant, she is in mourning for her husband, Juninho, who was recently murdered in a senseless attack.

Paul is an 8-year-old boy in Rio de Janeiro in 1945 who attends the end-of-the-war celebrations with his parents. With the passage of time, the relationship between Paul and his father becomes strained as he gets involved in the city's nightlife.

Karinna, a beautiful young prostitute, meets two hustlers, Deco and Naldinho. Both of them fall heavily in love with her but in doing so, threaten to destroy their own life-long friendship. As the trio live and love among the demi-monde of the coast of Bahia, a bloody brawl leads to them attempting to follow their own individual paths, but will they succeed?