Looking Forward Manhattan

Rânia is a teenage girl who lives on Santa Teresinha hill in the city of Fortaleza. Her busy days are also occupied by the dream of being a dancer. Rânia's best friend, Zizi, introduces her to 'Sereia da Noite', a local joint where fun, dance, money and sex rock the night. When Rânia meets the choreographer Estela, she will be torn between the possibility to make money in the nightclub and the will to become a "real dancer".

Sidney is a 16 years old boy from the northern Brazilian coast who dreams to fly away from his provincial hometown. He sell birds on the Fortaleza beach where, one day, he meets a foreigner man who wants more from him than to just buy his birds. That can be Sidney chance to fly away.