Depicts the last six months of Lampião and his wife Maria Bonita's lives, focusing on his both sides: a man who was the bloodthirsty gang leader and enemy of the authorities, while simultaneously praised as a hero by the local population of Brazilian northeastern's arid countryside.

Lampião, an outlaw living in the Northeast of Brazil, and his wife, Maria Bonita, kidnap an English geologist and ask for a ransom. While Brazilian Government and the British Embassy discuss the problem, lieutenant Rufino and his men get close to the bandits' hideout, getting ready for the final conflict.—[email protected]