Musical drama that uses popular myths of Brazilian culture to narrate a story full of meetings and misunderstandings, betrayals and loves, crimes and punishments. Against the backdrop of the Pernambuco backlands – its people and its culture, the cordel, the bandits, the cinema and the circus – the film is a universal drama, laden with unique poetry, where reality and the dreamworld mingle.

No sertão, Lampião e Maria Bonita brilham nesse filme repleto de personagens fictícios que vivem amores e aventuras numa fantasia de circo ao som de Alceu Valença.