Verhaal over het leven van de Braziliaanse zanger/dichter/enfant terrible Cazuza. Vanaf zijn begin bij de rockgroep 'Barão Vermelho' tot aan zijn dood aan de gevolgen van aids in 1990, worden zijn leven en carrière gevolgd inclusief zijn relaties en drugsgebruik.

Inspired by the moving book “Só as Mães São Felizes”, by Lucinha Araújo, Cazuza's mother, the film covers a little more than 10 years of the singer’s crazy and brief life – from the beginning of his career in the Circo Voador venue, in 1981, to the huge success and the apotheosis of his shows with the Barão Vermelho band, his solo career, his relations with his parents, friends, lovers and passions, and the courage he had to face his final years, with HIV, until his death, in 1990.

O filme retrata a vida do compositor e cantor Cazuza desde quando começou a carreira, atuando na peça Pára-quedas do Coração, no Circo Voador, o sucesso com o Barão Vermelho e sua carreira solo até sua morte em 1990, em decorrência de complicações causadas pela AIDS.

A vida louca que marcou o percurso profissional e pessoal de Cazuza: o sucesso com o Barão Vermelho, a carreira solo, as músicas, o comportamento transgressor e a coragem.