Cristian Nazário, the first black Brazilian person to have climbed Mount Everest, returns home. In his homecoming, he brings back with him a mysterious illness.
Cristian begins therapy sessions with a psychologist, Claudia, to talk about his illness. At the university where Cristian teaches economics, a racist episode unfolds involving one of his best students.
Amanda asks her father to accompany her to a rap battle, but Cristian forbids her from going. During the rap concert, Amanda finds herself in a police incident.
Cristian fall unconscious and discovers in the hospital that his cancer is now irreversible. Claudia, the psychologist, refuses to continue seeing Cristian.
A strange arrival interrupts the family's Christmas dinner: Cristian's estranged father, José, who had not seen him for many years. The consequences of this night are tragic for everyone.