Sixty-three-year-old Estamira suffers from schizophrenia. For twenty years she has been spending all her time at the huge Jardim Gramacho rubbish dump near Rio de Janeiro. From the year 2000, when she began treatment at a psychiatric clinic, director and producer Marcos Prado began to accompany her with his camera. He captures not only her psychotic states full of negative energy, but also moments of tranquility and inner serenity, during which we discover more about her painful past. Estamira’s children vainly try to prevent their mother from returning to the trash heap where she appears to feel most at home. “No-one can live without Estamira”, she states about herself, and then continues her curious philosophising, surrounded by other outcasts who move about slowly, apocalyptically surveying the piles of rubbish. These b+w stylised shots, taken from the very ends of the Earth, bring images of the many years’ struggle this fascinating woman has endured with the world around her, and within her very being.