千禧年最后两天，敲诈者手握监狱官僚犯罪的把柄以此勒索钱财，官僚为了除掉心腹之患故意放走被判了30年监禁的敲诈者的好友，让其杀死敲诈者。另一方面，女教师的男友在新千年的最后一天离开了她，女教师想尽办法挽回，但是未果。 敲诈者回到家中，取得了妻子的谅解，但是逃犯来到，趁着敲诈者妻子出门，在敲诈者祷告后杀死了他。但是监狱长官并没有守信，反而追杀他。他隐匿在一幢大楼的顶层，在零点巧遇想要自杀的女教师，他将其救下，并给予了她活下去的信心。第二天，重获新生的女教师在大海中游泳，岸边的逃犯被追杀者杀死。
Plot Summary:At midnight of December 31st of 1999, the destiny brings a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher together, as the fireworks fall over Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach and the new millennium approaches bringing hope to everyone. An obscure but brilliant view that integrates the series "2000 Seem By", created by the French cultural broadcast television Art and the producer Haut et Court, in order to collect different views, from 10 distinct countries, concerning the end of the millennium.
