In 1961 Brazil, a mysterious journalist finds herself with the rare ability to change the country's future path as Governor Leonel Brizola begins mobilizing his Legality resistance to prevent President João Goulart from taking office. Using the radio transmitter from his improvised bunker, Brizola sets up the Legality movement, to ensure Goulart's right to the presidential chair. Caught in the crossfire, two brothers who are in love with the same woman unite to fight alongside Brizola.