After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
City police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows there is no escape but refuses to give in.
