Tiago is a worker who, in the midst of a financial crisis, discovers the identity of his absent father when his half-sisters show up, which leads him to question his own identity on the eve of his 28th birthday. Living in Rio Doce, at the outskirts of Olinda, part of the Recife metropolitan area in northeastern Brazil, he struggles to find his place in the world. In this process, he strengthens significant emotional bonds, thus transforming his way of being and seeing the world, making him able to breathe at his own pace.