Walter (Lázaro Ramos) is a middle class man who promises his wife Solange (Fernanda Machado) to get the birthday cake for their daughter. What could be a simple job turns out very complicated as Walter is faced with numerous unusual situations along the way. While trying to deal with the distrust of his boss and transit system in rainy São Paulo, he sees his life take an unexpected turn on the way home.
Kika, a young cosmetologist, is called to the mansion of Nicolas, an American writer to make-up the corpse of his stepson, Ramon. Ramon, who is not dead, is revived by Kika's attentions and she then moves in with him. They might live happily ever after but first they have to cope with Kika's affair with Nicolas, the suspicious death of Ramon's mother and the intrusive gaze of tabloid-TV star and Ramon's ex-psychologist Andrea Scarface.