Alagoas countryside. Laura misses a party to travel with her father. There, in the house where they grew up, she is left alone by him, who only returns to the house for dinner.

Sometimes we're the same height

In a conservative and swampy Brazil, a birthday party is held at a fatherless home. Joana, the birthday girl, wants to get her period soon. Her brother, Dudu, wants his father home. When teenager Verbena arrives unannounced, all the wishes can come true. But not without some pain.