The tragicomic story of a bunch of young gays living in Los Angeles. They are beautiful and cheerful, kicked out by their parents, broke, cheated on by their lovers, they wander, rebel, tell stories, get laid, and despite the occasional blues, the drama, they carry on happily, describing themselves as “Totally Fucked Up”.
Sisters Chitarra and Léa are leaders of an all-female gang that refines oil drawn from an underground pipeline in their makeshift facility. They sell the gasoline they make to working-class motoqueiros, motorcycle-delivery riders who depend on it to survive in their Sol Nascente favela.
Two parallel love stories in which the partners are thwarted by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition, and the mechanics of power.
A young novelist, Rama, must confront buried traumas as she attends the trial of a woman accused of infanticide. Pregnant herself and increasingly uncomfortable, Rama’s doubts and fears about motherhood are revealed as the story of the alleged murderer unfolds.
