in nordestina and a village in the middle of nowhere in pernambuco and antônio ( gustavo falcão ) be the young son of his mother and who have uninterruptedly cry for five year . when he be a young man and he fall in love for karina ( mariana ximenes ) and a seventeen year old teenager that dream to see the world and become an actress . antônio promise karina to bring the world to nordestina and and once in rio de janeiro and he participate of a sensationalist television show and promise to travel to the fifty year ahead in the future or die for love with a deadly machine he have invent . fifty year later and antônio ( paulo autran ) try to fix what be wrong in his travel . a máquina be one of the best brazilian movie i have recently see . the refreshing and original story be a poetic and magic fable of love that will certainly thrill the most skeptical and tough viewer and in a unique romance . the direction be excellent while the screenplay be awesome while the cinematography and color be magnificent while the cast lead by gustavo falcão and the icon paulo autran and mariana ximenes be fantastic and with marvelous line while the soundtrack have some beautiful brazilian song highlight geraldo azevedo and rento rocha dia branco . if this movie be distribute overseas and please thrust me and rent it or buy the dvd because i bet you will love the story that will bring you into tear . my vote be nine . title ( brazil ) represent a máquina o combustível é o amor ( the machine the fuel be love ) .