Bruno, a poor coconut vendor from the favela, meets Clara, a beautiful and wealthy girl from Ipanema, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. He falls in love with her, but Clara's father disapproves of the relationship. Then Zeca, a criminal Bruno knew in the past, tries to blackmail him for easy money. Can Bruno stop Zeca, save Clara, and convince her father that he is the right person for his daughter? [...]