Geraldo Leite

On March 1, 1982, the city of Niterói enters history and hosts one of the most important cultural movements: a so-called Rock 80 Generation. Radio Fluminense FM, known as “A Maldita”, goes on the air, mixing irreverence, daring and creativity with its programming aimed at music that lacks commercial space. The boldness of believing in the new made “Maldita” become one of the main alternative communication vehicles, launching Brazilian rock groups and independent music and creating a legion of fans.

Elisa is a journalist who becomes romantically involved with Hugo, a director of the company Jota Mineração, when she receives an order to write a story about the company. However, the relationship between the two begins to destabilize when the company that Hugo runs begins to extract gold from indigenous lands.

RUMO recalls the trajectory of the São Paulo homonymous group that wrote a fascinating chapter of Brazilian musical history, especially in the 80's. Filled with humor, irreverence and language experiments - fundamental characteristics of the group - the film discusses musical creation and cultural production, as well as the effervescent cultural panorama of São Paulo city of the 1980s.