A wealthy Brazilian, Paulo, has just been abandoned by his beautiful blonde wife Barbara who ran away with another man. Revelling in self-pity, he leaves his penthouse in search of liquor. In a bar, he witnesses a relational quarrel and after the disturbance, he asks the woman Maria to go home. She pretends to be a streetwalker- in fact, she had a homosexual lover who gave no value to her. And a brazen sexual affair starts. The couple uses each other to satisfy their sexual desires and to avoid their loneliness. However, they are not at all in love. Over time as their relationship continues, they begin to realize that they are in fact falling for each other.