THE BALLROOM is set in a decaying dance hall in Sao Paulo where a steady stream of regular customers keep the place in business; some are young but most are well into middle age if not older Alice meets Alvaro at the dance hall & while neither is as young as they once were they haven't given up on the possibility of discovering true love Marici & Eudes bump into one another on the train en route to the dance hall & while they both planned on going elsewhere before the end of the night it isn't long before the decide to stick around Marici also strikes up a friendship with Bel who came to dance but has become infatuated with the club's soundman Marquinhos However Eudes also has his eye on Bel much to Marici's chagrin & Elza & her friend Nice have shown up at the dance hall in hopes the men of their dreams might just stop by