The prospects for the future are not brilliant for a group of teenagers from Zona J in Lisbon. The children of laborers and cleaning women, they lead a difficult life. One is Tó, a black youth, son of Angola parents, in love with Carla, a white girl. He dreams of living in Angola, and she accepts his plans unhesitatingly.

     Without the money or conditions to make his dream real, Tó opts to work in civil construction, but Carla's unexpected pregnancy complicates the situation.

     Desperate and again jobless, he becomes involved in a jewelry store robbery together with friends. Everything goes wrong: his youngest brother is shot, and the police is after the group. The only way out is the airport, but Tó and Carla have a long journey ahead.