The residents of a ramshackle Salvador tenement house engage in riotous conversation, romance and lustful activity in this lively and energetic film.

The tenants conspire against each other - invoking African gods and Catholic saints - as dark secrets are revealed amidst the madness of the last day of Carnival. Samba reggae provides the pulse behind the soulful soundtrack by Davi Moraes and Caetano Veloso.