خلاصه داستان : این فیلم داستان زندگی خصوصی "هیرویتو"، پادشاه "بوکا" (منطقه‌ای در سائوپائولو) است، که به دست خود او نوشته شده است ...

Adapted from his autobiography, the film recounts the story of Hiroito, The King of Boca do Lixo (a region in downtown São Paulo of the fifties where various nightclubs, strip joints, prostitution, bars, and drugs can be found). Hiroito was a well born bohemian and at the age of 21 was accused for the murder of his father, who was violently stabbed over 40 times with a razor. Hiroito was not charged, however two months after the death of his father, Hiroito bought two guns and moved to Boca do Lixo and became one of the most dangerous criminals of the region.

خلاصه داستان : در یک منطقه فقیر نشین در شمال برزیل، سربازان در تلاشند تا جلوی دزدی مردم گرسنه از را از یک انبار مواد غذایی را بگیرند و...

A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food deposit in the dry backlands. While the alienation and insanity of people driven to hallucination by their latent hunger is conducted by the predictions of a religious figure, a truck driver observes the situation and remains torn between his friendship with the soldiers and his revolt against the lack of government action in fighting the misery that lingers over the region.