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The film recalls João Guimarães Rosa’s stay in Nazi Germany, the film rescues the experience of the former Hamburg vice-consul between 1938 and 1942. Archival footage of the time, documents, statement from people who met him, one unpublished interview with the writer himself, letters, stories and off-the-record notes reveal new aspects of his biography. Unpublished documents and testimonies of Jews who fled to Brazil via Hamburg, as well as statements of friends and critics, recreate the Rosa’s experience at the moment.