Plot summary

Macunaíma is a lazy anti-hero born Black in Amazonas. After his mother's death he moves with his two brothers to Rio de Janeiro, but along his journey, he bathes in a fountain and becomes Caucasian. Once in Rio, he meets by chance the killer guerrilla woman Ci, who wears an amulet made of stone, and they fall in love with each other. They live together and a few months later, Ci delivers a Black baby. A bomb for a terrorist attack is planted in the baby's stroller; when it goes off, Ci and the baby die and the amulet vanishes. A very strong man finds it and Macunaíma tries to recover it. In the end, he returns to the jungle.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil