In 1960s Madureira, Rio de Janeiro, the powerful "bicheiro" (for non-Brazilians: in Brazil, mainly in Rio de Janeiro, there is an illegal and very popular lottery of numbers associated to animals called "jogo do bicho"--game of animals--and the outlaws are called "bicheiros") Boca de Ouro dies. Two journalists look for his former lover, Dona Guigui, trying to get information of any unsolved crime committed by Boca de Ouro. In accordance with her mood, Guigui tells three different versions of the mysterious murder of Leleco and Celeste to the reporters.
—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil