During the Carnival holiday, Ana, an 11-year-old girl, travels to the interior of southern Brazil for the funeral of her grandmother, whom she has not seen for years. At night, through the window, she sees her grandmother`s ghost entering the forest near the family`s house. When Ana decides to follow her through the trees, she discovers a world of fantasy and mystery. To resolve an old family squabble, she must reclaim her mother`s long-forgotten imaginary world, abandoned in the forest where she buried her childhood.