A surreal romance follows Antônio's extraordinary claims about time, danger, and a future shared with Karina.
Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases
A World Out Of Time
The story begins with a frantic departure and expands into a fantastical account of Antônio's distant origin. A comic creation myth establishes the strange tone of the narrative.
Key Events
Frantic Departure — Antônio attempts to leave before a car arrives. Characters: Antônio no FuturoLocation: Unspecified setting
Distant Origin — The narration introduces the distant world associated with Antônio's origin. Characters: Antônio no FuturoLocation: Distant time and place
World Gone Mad — The narrator describes a world that has become mad. Characters: Antônio no FuturoLocation: A strange world
Comic Creation Myth — A comic myth describes the invention of time, heavens, earth, hell, life, and death. Characters: Antônio no FuturoLocation: Mythic setting
Return To The Present — The narrative shifts from the fantastical background to Antônio's present life. Characters: Antônio no FuturoLocation: Present-day setting
Karina's Acting Dream — Karina says she dreams of becoming an actress and leaving at eighteen. Characters: KarinaLocation: Present-day setting
Love Under Restriction
Antônio and Karina discuss her dream of becoming an actress and leaving when she turns eighteen. Seu Neco's control creates an obstacle, while Antônio offers to help her escape.
Key Events
Karina's Acting Dream — Karina says she dreams of becoming an actress and leaving at eighteen. Characters: KarinaLocation: Present-day setting
Seu Neco's Control — Seu Neco appears to control Karina's movements. Characters: Karina, Seu NecoLocation: Karina's present setting
Escape Offer — Antônio offers to help Karina escape and bring her into the world. Characters: Antônio no Futuro, KarinaLocation: Present-day setting
Wish Challenge — Karina challenges Antônio's claim that he can make any wish come true. Characters: Antônio no Futuro, KarinaLocation: Present-day setting
Kisses As Acting — They initially insist that their kisses are only part of an act. Characters: Antônio no Futuro, KarinaLocation: Present-day setting
Love Confession — Antônio abandons the pretense and admits that he loves Karina. Characters: Antônio no Futuro, KarinaLocation: Present-day setting
A Future Together
Playful exchanges become sincere as Antônio admits his love and proposes marriage. He imagines a respectable future with work, a home, children, and family celebrations.
Key Events
Love Confession — Antônio abandons the pretense and admits that he loves Karina. Characters: Antônio no Futuro, KarinaLocation: Present-day setting
Marriage Proposal — Antônio asks Karina to marry him. Characters: Antônio no Futuro, KarinaLocation: Present-day setting
Respectable Future — Antônio imagines work, savings, a house, children, and family celebrations. Characters: Antônio no Futuro, KarinaLocation: Antônio's imagined future
Televised Feat — Antônio announces an extraordinary disappearance stunt on television. Characters: Antônio no FuturoLocation: Television appearance
Seven Hundred Blades — Antônio stands before a machine equipped with 700 rotating blades. Characters: Antônio no FuturoLocation: Performance site
The Blade Machine
Antônio announces a dangerous televised disappearance before a machine with 700 rotating blades. He runs away when the blades are prepared, then returns hanging from the structure and lands safely.
Key Events
Seven Hundred Blades — Antônio stands before a machine equipped with 700 rotating blades. Characters: Antônio no FuturoLocation: Performance site
Sudden Runaway — Antônio runs away when the dangerous performance is prepared. Characters: Antônio no FuturoLocation: Performance site
Return On The Structure — Antônio returns hanging from the structure above the machine. Characters: Antônio no FuturoLocation: Performance site
Safe Landing — Antônio lands safely at exactly the moment he left. Characters: Antônio no FuturoLocation: Square in Nordestina
Proof At Midnight
Antônio explains that he reached the future and promises to return fifty years later in Nordestina. The crowd mocks him, but Karina believes him as a dust storm drives them into confusion.
Key Events
Future Travel Claim — Antônio claims he reached the future but became confused returning. Characters: Antônio no Futuro, Antônio no FuturoLocation: Square in Nordestina
Fifty-Year Promise — Antônio promises to return to the square at midnight fifty years later. Characters: Antônio no Futuro, KarinaLocation: Square in Nordestina
Public Mockery — The crowd laughs at Antônio, while Karina remains convinced by his story. Characters: Antônio no Futuro, KarinaLocation: Square in Nordestina
Dust Storm Escape — Danger and confusion spread as a windstorm fills the square with dust while they run. Characters: Antônio no Futuro, KarinaLocation: Square in Nordestina
Story Breakdown
Frantic Opening — The film begins with an urgent attempt to leave before a car arrives.
Impending Arrival — Antônio tries to depart before the approaching car.
Strange Narrative Shift — The immediate danger expands into an account of distant time and place.
Cosmic Creation Myth — A narrator describes a mad world through a comic account of creation.
Invention Of Time — The myth includes the invention of time and the heavens.
Life And Death — Earth, hell, life, and death are included in the strange creation account.
Karina's Escape Dream — Karina wants an acting career and freedom from Seu Neco's control.
Acting Ambition — Karina dreams of becoming an actress and leaving at eighteen.
Parental Restriction — Seu Neco appears to control Karina's movements.
Antônio's Love — A playful relationship becomes a sincere romance centered on escape and marriage.
Escape Promise — Antônio offers to help Karina leave and bring her into the world.
Marriage Vision — Antônio confesses love, proposes marriage, and imagines a family future.
Machine Performance — Antônio publicly tests his claim of extraordinary abilities before a deadly machine.
Seven Hundred Blades — A machine with 700 rotating blades is prepared for the stunt.
Impossible Return — Antônio runs away, returns hanging from the structure, and lands safely.
Future Proof — Antônio explains the stunt through time travel, but only Karina accepts his promise.
Fifty-Year Promise — He promises to return to Nordestina at midnight fifty years later.
Dust-Filled Square — The crowd mocks him as danger and a windstorm spread through the square.
In Nordestina, a small town lost in the Brazilian badlands, young Karina dreams of becoming an actress and leaving to explore the world. Before losing his love, Dona Nazaré’s son, Antônio, takes the first step in a kamikaze crusade to bring the world to Karina. For that, Antônio leaves town and announces, in a TV show that he will set off on a sensational adventure: a trip into the future, starting from Nordestina’s square. A story where dreams contradict reality, geographical and political conditions threaten to block life, and love plays the part of the transforming element.
