Durval and his mother Carmita live at the back of "Durval Discos", a record store they own in São Paulo, specializing in vinyl records. They lead a boring and unattractive life, until the day Durval hires a maid, Celia, to help his mother with the housekeeping. However, on her second day, Celia goes away leaving a 5-year-old child behind, Kiki, and a note promising to be back in a couple of days. Durval and Celia are charmed by the child at first, but soon they see some sad news about Celia and Kiki on TV that will change the whole situation.

女孩吉瓦娜（Tess Amorim 饰）和男孩里奥（Ghilherme Lobo 饰）是最要好的朋友。里奥虽然双目失明，但内心一直渴望自立，不喜欢来自父母的过多保护。新来转校生加百列（Fabio Audi 饰）不小心闯入里奥的世界，也改变了里奥和吉瓦娜的相处习惯。里奥对爱上加百列患得患失，吉瓦娜对里奥的疏远伤心难过，而加百列懵懵懂懂的回应更让男孩女孩们的世界复杂起来......
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