Young actress and dancer Daniella Perez disappears after filming scenes of a soap opera written by her mother, Gloria Perez. Hours later, her body is found, and the revelation of the killer's identity shocks the country.

Guilherme de Pádua, Daniella Perez's romantic partner in the soap opera, confesses, but the police suspect he didn't act alone, and journalists find discrepancies in the suspects' interrogations.

Forever changed by her daughter’s untimely death, screenwriter Glória Perez fights to bring Daniella’s killers to justice, which later sparks a nationwide push for criminal reform.

After new evidence places Paula at the crime scene, the couple appeals to the media, which ultimately paints them as a couple driven by jealousy and a deadly obsession with fame.

In 1997, Guilherme and Paula finally stand trial. Then, nearly 30 years after Daniella’s death, family and friends celebrate her legacy – while the case continues to shed light on the inadequacies of the Brazilian justice system.