葛娜莎（桑德拉·科维洛尼 Sandra Corveloni 饰）有着一段失败的婚姻，如今独自抚养着两个孩子。一天，她被医生诊断患了脑动脉瘤，这也就意味着，不知道哪一天，葛娜莎就有可能撒手人寰，为了给自己的两个孩子找一个靠谱的归宿，葛娜莎想到了许久未曾联系的弟弟路易斯（卡罗丽娜·费拉兹 Carolina Ferraz 饰），虽然姐弟两人的关系并不融洽，但此时此刻，弟弟是她最后的希望和依靠。 让葛娜莎没有想到的是，当路易斯再度站在自己面前时，眼前站着的竟是一位身材火辣的妙龄女郎，路易斯不仅换了性别，还改名叫格劳丽亚。虽然格劳丽亚不愿意再和葛娜莎有任何的瓜葛，但孩子是无辜的，格劳丽亚开始尝试着接触自己未曾谋面的侄儿们。Graça is a single mother who works as a massage therapist and lives with her two children: Moreno, 8, and Papoula, 15. One day, in a visit to the doctor, Graça is diagnosed with a brain aneurism that may rupture at any moment. Desperate about who will take care of her kids in the event of her death, she decides to go after her brother, Luiz Carlos, whom she hasn't seen in over 15 years due to a quarrel. When they meet, however, Luiz Carlos has become Gloria, a beautiful and successful transvestite, who now owns a restaurant and brags about being independent. At first, Gloria is unwilling to reconnect with her family; but as she becomes more guilt-stricken, she accepts Graça's invitation to meet her nephews and eventually realizes that maybe, to be complete, she needs to become a mother.
