Nine years after Brazil's Independence, popular protests force Emperor Dom Pedro I to hastily flee the country. The ghosts of Imperial Brazil project themselves into today's Brazil on the traditional Quitanda's street, in Rio de Janeiro.
Susana Schnarndorf, a professional swimmer and mother of three, discovers a degenerative disease, which forces her to decide between the sportive career and the maternal role in the face of her last great battle: surviving.
Niginho is a ufologist, artist and, until then, an unknown uncle of Thaís. Under the starry sky of the mysterious city of Passa-Tempo, the meeting of these two strangers brings to light a rural Brazilian sci-fi that creates a curious reflection on existence.
