Sao Paulo, 2014. During the World Cup hosted in Brazil, teenager Erika Oguihara lives on the border between two worlds. As a descendant of the Japanese diaspora, she struggles to fit into her own country and rejects her family’s culture. Her aversion is well-founded: when she was seven, her cousin and best friend disappeared at a traditional festival in São Paulo’s “Japanese neighbourhood” while her mother was taking care of them.
Seven years later, the unspoken trauma gradually emerges in a household haunted by silence. Things start to shift when Erika meets Bianca, a Black classmate who revives
a dormant sense of friendship. Their relationship is seen as a threat by Erika’s family, who fear a “non-Japanese” influence. However, Erika’s desire to be with Bianca drives her to confront her family, exposing wounds that had been hidden for years. When these two worlds clash, Erika breaks a silence that has long been imposed and discovers that, in death, she can find what never dies.