DomingosisamemberofanAfricanliberationmovement,arrestedbythePortuguesesecretpolice,afterbloodyeventsinAngola.Hedoesnotbetrayhiscompanions,butisbeatentodeathinprison,andnotknowingheisdead,hiswifegoesfromaprisonstationtoanother,tryinginvaintoknowwhereheis.