The film follows the artistic body of the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro when salaries are suspended. It records the wait, marked by the long days without good news, and the resistance: because despite ruin and misery, it is necessary to produce and survive.
Dirlinho and his cousin’s childhood is marked by deprivation and violence. They try to escape by working as jockeys. While the punters bet on them, they gamble with their lives for a better future by riding doped horses.
