Decades after having acquired the right to work in emergency frontlines, thirteen women narrate their stories and experiences in the Pajeú region of Pernambuco, in the 1980s. If the willingness to listen demarcates the spaces for speech, within the encounter between director and characters the film's strength extends beyond the limits of traditional forms, rigorously and empathetically challenging the imaginaries about the semiarid, drought, hunger, and the identities of countryside women.