When two sisters cross the path of João de Deus, a famous mystical leader who attracts millions of people to Abadiânia, Goiás, in search of a cure, their lives change dramatically. Seventeen years later, in the week that precedes the fall and arrest of "Brazil's greatest healer", accused of committing sexual abuse hundreds of times over decades, Cecília, the traumatized sister who has gone to live in Lisbon, returns to save Carmem, who has become one of João's loyal employees. The family reunion overlaps the fall of João de Deus's empire.