Portugal, 1917: 17-year-old Zacarias volunteers for the army to fight against the Germans in World War I. Instead of France, however, he ends up in Mozambique, where the harshness of the jungle awaits him rather than glorious battles.

Dos ladrones de guante blanco se enfrentan ferozmente entre sí tratando de robar a un panadero anciano los millones que ha ganado en la lotería.