Film based on Manoel de Barros poetry. Story about poet's life in the swamp area of Brazil (Pantanal) and its wildlife; & his obsession with the sea and his new life in the big metropolis in Brazil.
A museum worker - the watchman - motivated by the homonymous painting by Giorgio De Chirico, is introduced, through everyday life, into the metaphysical universe of the Italian painter.
A group of young people are returning from a trip when they find a teenage girl lost on the road and offer her a lift. After being abandoned by the driver, the group decides to spend the night at the young woman's house. They just didn't expect it to be the worst choice of their lives...
