Rat Fever is the alcohol-drenched story of an unrequited love. The poet Zizo, a pure-bred anarchist, is lost as soon as he meets the sober Eneida. She doesnt mind being his muse, but she wont go any further than that - whereas in Zizos circle of friends, made up of social losers, Bohemians and other proud outsiders, everyone goes to bed with everyone else. Meanwhile, Zizo is busy with his dubious battle against the system, using his self-published newsletter Febre do rato and a series of subversive street performances that primarily seem to reach his own friends.