Rubens, his adopted daughter Leônia and his gang are planning a robbery on a bank in the heart of São Paulo, Brazil's financial center. But soon things go awry as the gang turn on each other.

A police officer tries to find out who is to blame for a crime committed against a candidate for mayor of a small town. He hears versions of a hired killer, the victim's fiancée, and the candidate himself.

The movie tells the story of a family where no one is just what it seems. Paradoxically, all the betrayals and conflicts are resolved when a tragedy befalls them.