As a young archivist labours on the reassembly of a long-lost film print, her emotional life spirals into a tumultuous state that is mirrored in the degradation of the frames she so painstakingly works upon.

Phantom Ladies Over Rio. Summer. Rio de Janeiro under possessions. Gay times. Sharks on attack. Claudete, a 64-year-old black woman, is facing a great dilemma: she only falls in love with gay men.