A team of doctors embark on a local mission in the Amazon rain forest, but it soon becomes clear that not everybody - or everything - is happy to see them. Their sudden appearance draws the attention of an animal predator, the "Boiúna."
An aging poet finds purpose mentoring Yurlady, a talented teen, though exposing her to the poetry scene might be unwise. His own poetic pursuits led nowhere, leaving him a stereotypical obscure writer.
An ex-special forces operative takes a job to provide security for a journalist as she interviews a dictator, but when a military coup breaks out in the middle of the interview, they are forced to escape into the jungle.
