Luísa is forbidden to go out on the street by her mother after being harassed. At home, imagination is the limit.

In a Brazilian village infested with piranhas, Nanã and Mel are fast growing into adolescence as they dream of ways of protecting themselves against a seemingly inescapable violence. When a mysterious body appears tangled in a fisherman's net, they learn what might be their ultimate protection.

A young woman has to deal with the surprise visit of her family on the night she had planned to end her unwanted pregnancy.