Two friends try to get to a restaurant for dinner and get lost in the labyrinth of bars, walls and fences in a city.

Dolores, a beautiful, wealthy and paralyzed woman, hires detective Otávio to follow her husband Inácio and find out what his real relationship is with a young woman named Alice. A story of lies, false leads and obscure motivations, in which four characters of dubious morals try to appear honest to each other.

Hilário Pestana, the most famous, funniest and, ironically, saddest Brazilian actor, has died. He has passed through many stages of Brazilian cinema: the chanchadas, the Vera Cruz classics, the pornochanchadas, and even experimental movies. He was beloved by the public and had a gift for laughter, but he only desired to be a serious man.