The story follows Francisco Manoel da Silva, a Brazilian rancher-turned-outlaw known as "Cobra Verde." After a life of wandering and crime, he is hired by a sugar baron to supervise plantation slaves.

His "empire" crumbles when Brazil finally abolishes slavery in 1888, leaving him a broken, exhausted man stranded on the African coast. Production and Volatility

Against all odds, da Silva survives. He navigates the court of a mad monarch, King Bossa Ahadee, who rules with a mixture of cruelty and bizarre rituals.