Elzio Vieira

Four friends are tired of surviving by pulling small scams and running from the police. After a swindle that goes wrong, the quartet formed by Zoinhu, Linguinha, Mãodelo and Alãodelom comes across a robbery that could take them off the streets.

Helen lives in a cortiço with her grandmother, Mrs. Graça, who supports the family with informal jobs, such as selling skewers. Still very naive, her biggest concern is buying her grandmother a birthday present: a makeup kit. The girl is going to bend over backwards to get the money and her search will reveal the daily life of those living in tenements, outlining a collective story from the network of relations that the girl establishes.

Laerte, talentueux violoniste, rêve depuis toujours d'intégrer l’Orchestre symphonique de São Paulo. Dévoré par le trac, il échoue à l'audition et accepte à contrecœur d'enseigner la musique à des adolescents d’Heliópolis, la plus grande favela de la ville. Dans cet univers pourtant hostile, où gangs et dealers règnent en maîtres, Laerte va tisser des liens forts avec ses élèves, découvrir des talents insoupçonnés et changer leurs vies à jamais.

'Second Call' focuses on the resilience stories of teachers and students in a complex public education system. After some time off from teaching, Lúcia Helena returns to the classroom, now giving night classes to teenagers and adults. Along with other three teachers and the principal, she faces institutional adversities and the lack of appreciation without flinching. The conflicts involve both the faculty and the student body and, in this scenario, Education emerges as a hope, reminding everyone that it is never too late to have a second chance.

In this coming- of-age series, five friends are reunited after six years without seeing each other. They are entering adulthood and dealing with conflicts of different natures, but common to a generation that is skeptical about the future, relationships and people. Amid reflection on the choices and the destiny they have decided upon for their lives, together they feel stronger to face what is to come.

Icaro, a young resident, and Dr. Mancini, a famous surgeon, become criminal doctors to solve their problems, starting a dangerous double life from which it may be impossible to escape.