Revered as a national hero . married to the desirable Desmerelda . cherished by the media . soccer star, Otello, has it all. But a sensational club transfer sparks a media frenzy, and when he is wrongly implicated in a scandal, the footballer's life turns into a tragic spiral of destruction.

South America's top sports journalist, Paul Faustino, witnesses the power of the media in making and breaking people's lives.