Certas Palavras com Chico Buarque

The images connect the workings of a slaughterhouse with a city that is also divided between executioners and dead people.

The romantic encounter and misunderstanding between an aristocratic model and an actor.

Testimony by instrumentalist Osvaldinho da Cuíca with historical explanation of the presence of cuíca in several countries around the world and its popularization in Brazil based on samba. Osvaldinho gives tips on how to extract the sound from the instrument and makes a presentation at the Casa Verde Samba School Mocidade Alegre.