RIO NORTH ZONE
(Rio zona norte)

Urban drama containing the story of Espiritu, a composer in a samba school. We see his story in flashback as he is rescued after falling off a train in the central station. His whole ambition was to have a shop in the favela where he could live with Adelaide, the woman he loves. He had to succeed in getting his sambas recorded. But he was too naïve and was deceived into losing his girlfriend. His only hope now is a musician, Moacir, whom he calls in to write his compositions.