Hermila, a strong willed woman who leaves Sao Paolo with her infant son to return to her home town of Igatu in central Brazil. Igatu is a poor village and life there is simple and uneventful. Hermila moves into her grandmother's house ...
When a meteorite from outer space hits a young girl and turns her into a giant monster, she is taken to a secret government compound where she meets a ragtag group of monsters also rounded up over the years.