When a young boy witnesses his mother's accidental death, a lonely, retired school-teacher reluctantly takes the child under her wing. They then embark on a trip to find his father whom he has never met.

"Regina, a lonely 65 year old who works on the neighborhood watch for the police in Copacabana in Brazil, believes she has witnessed a murder in the building across the street, and ends up getting involved with the suspect in a potentially dangerous chain of events that will force her to take stock of her life in a way that she could never have imagined"--Container.