Juarez, a young and friendly butler, seduces his mistress and murders his boss. Twenty years later, discovering the whereabouts of his boss's son, who had escaped during the crime, he hires cruel professional killers to destroy him. With the help of his wife, the young man faces Juarez and his henchmen and avenges his father's death.
On the banks of São Paulo's Rio Tietê, a poignant tale unfolds, featuring a tapestry of characters existing on the fringes of society. Prostitutes, a pimp, a mentally disabled man, and others marginalized by fate lead lives mired in hopelessness, devoid of any prospect. Trapped in the relentless cycle of their ordinary yet despairing existence, they yearn for release, anticipating the embrace of death as their only salvation—a collective passage onto the harrowing vessel of damnation.