Vitória (Hermila Guedes) and her son, Cristiano (Jesuíta Barbosa), come back to her hometown Desterro, running away from a troubled life in the city. She asks her brother Balbino (Alberto Pires) for shelter. The arrival of mother and son bring the town's secrets and forgotten stories back to light, in strange, mysterious ways. Cristiano's journey of self-discovery through the town's ghostly entrails sets him in a collision course with the most powerful man in town: his uncle.