Sem Flores Nem Coroas, a play in three acts, takes place on the night of the end of Portuguese rule in Goa, in 1961, in the house of a family grieving for the death of Leopoldina, Salu’s elder sister and adoptive mother to Bostu. Salu is a batcar (landlord) who hides a secret from his family. Leopoldina gives away her lands to Salu and curses him by saying that the lands are extremely fertile, rich in ore, and that she exchanges a fertile land for his infertility.