In 2011 Portugal began the so-called "year of the Troika" (EU, IMF and ECB budget cuts and economic restructuring), with the level of debt among the Portuguese people reaching staggering amounts and a growing number of families and companies unable to repay their installment loans. Jorge is an unemployed boxer on the verge of losing his son and his wife, who has decided to return to Brazil. As a means of paying off his debt and persuading his wife to remain in Portugal, Jorge accepts a job with a debt-collection agency, which will drag him into a world of violence and crime.

Nuno Lopes
as Jorge

Beatriz Batarda
as Teresa

Jean-Pierre Martins
as Albano

Gonçalo Waddington
as Chef Cardoso

Mariana Nunes
as Susana

José Raposo
as Vitinho

Ricardo Fernandes
as Mauro

David Semedo
as Nelson

Paulo Seco
as Paulo

Salvador Santos
as Salvador