Based on the book “Falange Gaúcha” by journalist Renato Dornelles. It tells the story of organised crime in Rio Grande do Sul and the emergence of an organisation that shook the foundations of society in the state for three decades. Drug trafficking, bank and armoured-car robberies, bloodshed during riots and kidnappings, and prisons — especially the Central Prison — serve as the backdrop for tragedies that received extensive media coverage.