Aspellbreaking,QUEBRANTEtraversesthecaves,ruins,andphantasmagoriasoftheTrans-AmazonianBR230Highway,portrayingitsstonesanditsghosts.SetinthetinytownofRurópolis(Pará)–theveryfirstoneeverbuiltontheHighway,toserveasabasefortheworkersconstructingtheroad–QUEBRANTEfollowsMs.Erismar,knownintheregionasTheCaveWoman.Theretiredelementaryschoolteacherwastheonewhodiscoveredtheregion’scaves.Shewouldenterthedarkunknownholesandexploretheirexpanseswithonlyacandleinherhandsandalightertiedtoherpants.