18岁的马图斯（克里斯蒂安·马尔赫罗斯饰）希望为乡下的工人阶层家庭提供更好的生活。他和镇上的其他少年一起辗转进城，到圣保罗工作，完全不知道等待着他们的是什么：他们到了一个废品站，开始没日没夜地干活，恶毒的工头和剥削者卢卡（…

After his mother's sudden death, Socrates, a 15-year-old living on the margins of São Paulo's coast, must survive on his own while coming to terms with his grief.