A marble Greek ''bas relief'' explodes to reveal black people men dancing the samba to drums in a ''favela''. Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn) arrives in Rio de Janeiro, and takes a Tram driven by Orfeu (Breno Mello). New to the city, she rides to the end of the line, where Orfeu introduces her to the station guard, Hermes (Alexandro Constantino), who gives her directions to the home of her cousin Serafina (Léa Garcia).