简介：In1963,inthefictitiouscityofAntaresinSouthofBrazil,theworkersdecidetostrike,fightingforbettersalariesandworkingconditions.Meanwhile,sevenlocalsdie:theconservativeandCatholicmatriarchandverypowerfullady,QuitériaCampolargo(FernandaMontenegro);thecorruptlawyerCíceroBranco(PauloBetti);theSpanishanarchistshoemakerBarcelona(EliasGleizer);thedrunkardPudimdeCachaca(GianfrancescoGuarnieri);theprostituteErotildes(MaríliaPera);thestudentJoaodaPaz(DiogoVilela);andthepianistMenandroOlinda(RuyResende).Oncetheirbodiesremainunburiedduetothegeneralstrike,theydecidetoclaimtothelocalauthoritiestherightofbeingburied.TheMajorVivaldinoBrazao(CláudioCorreaeCastro),thejudgeQuintilianodoVale(CarlosEduardoDolabella),the"Colonel"TibérioVacariano(PauloGoulart)andthelocalsheriffarenotabletoforcetheworkerstoreturntotheirnormalactivities,sothedeadcitizensdisclosedarksecretsaboutcorruptionoftheleadersandthedwellers.Oncetheyarecorpses,theyarenotsubjecttothelawsofthelivingandtheycanfreelyspeakaboutthesordidhiddensecrets.…