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 ...
In New York City, a young counterfeiter (Tatum) is introduced to the world of underground street fighting by a seasoned scam artist (Howard), who becomes his manager on the bare-knuckling brawling circuit.
A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.