電影根據真實的犯罪案件「戀屍癖兄弟」改編。1990年代，一對兄弟被指控在巴西的奧爾岡斯山脈，謀殺八位女性、一位男性跟一位小孩。戴奧警官在調查嫌疑犯時，意識到不管是媒體、警方還是當地社會的輿論都有明顯的種族歧視意味。他也開始懷疑其中一位嫌疑犯的罪行。

Estamira is a 63-year-old woman who suffers from schizophrenia. She leads a tough life and has supported herself for the past 20 years by picking through garbage at the Jardim Gramacho Disposal Area in Rio de Janeiro. The film follows her starting in 2000, the year she begins treatment in a psychiatric clinic. At first, it is hard to understand her in her stream-of-consciousness sentences, delusions and obsessions. Gradually, however, we get to know her as a woman who can have quiet and lucid moments despite her illness.

Estamira is a 63-year-old woman who suffers from schizophrenia. She leads a tough life and has supported herself for the past 20 years by picking through garbage at the Jardim Gramacho Disposal Area in Rio de Janeiro. The film follows her starting in 2000, the year she begins treatment in a psychiatric clinic. At first, it is hard to understand her in her stream-of-consciousness sentences, delusions and obsessions. Gradually, however, we get to know her as a woman who can have quiet and lucid moments despite her illness.