The film is set in four dates in the history of Brazil: 1566, when the country was Colonial Brazil, 1825, in events during Slavery in Brazil; 1968, during the high point of the Brazilian military government, and 2096, when there will be a war over water. The film narrates the love between Janaina and a native warrior who, when dying, takes the form of a bird. For six centuries, the story of the couple survives through these four stages in the history of Brazil.