1899年的巴西，废除奴隶制后不久，逝者的亡灵仍在世人间游走。对于苏亚雷斯一家的女人们来说，放弃特权并适应中产阶级生活，令她们濒临疯狂。对于曾经被奴役的伊娜·纳西门托来说，在充满敌意的新世界中与所爱之人重聚，迫使她必须面对真实的自己。在巴西陷入困境的过去和破裂的现在之间，这些女性一边应对命运的巨变，一边试图创造着自己的未来。入围柏林国际电影节主竞赛单元。

After her husband loses his job, Helena opens her own grocery store. Soon, increasingly strange events begin to plague her store, making her question her sanity.

Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but soon Clara discovers a terrifying secret about the child.

In the city of São Paulo, the routine of gravedigger apprentice Deodato changes when a new working girl arrives at the cemetery. Together, they must re-register the abandoned tombs, but strange events make the apprentice wonder about the consequences of messing with the dead.

The year is 1984. Estela is going through the turbulent phase of adolescence. Sex, lovers, friendships; everything seems very complicated. Her uncle Carlos is her hero, and visiting him in California is her biggest dream. But everything collapses when he returns thin, weak and ill. Between crises and discoveries, Estela will face a reality that will forever change her way of seeing the world.​

Rosa is in her late 30s, a child of the 1970s with divorced parents. She lives with her own family in São Paulo. Overwhelmed by an eruption of individual passions, lies and the expectations of three generations, she tries to discover who she really is.