Helen lives in a cortiço with her grandmother, Mrs. Graça, who supports the family with informal jobs, such as selling skewers. Still very naive, her biggest concern is buying her grandmother a birthday present: a makeup kit. The girl is going to bend over backwards to get the money and her search will reveal the daily life of those living in tenements, outlining a collective story from the network of relations that the girl establishes.

A rotina típica de quem vive nos cortiços do bairro do Bexiga, em SP, retratada pelos olhos de uma menina de nove anos em uma jornada para conseguir comprar um presente de aniversário para sua avó – um kit de maquiagem completo.