Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their three elder daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back home. Noronha discovers she has been expelled from boarding school for having killed a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events.
Antônio Fagundes
Ana Maria Magalhães
Lima Duarte
Ary Fontoura
Sura Berditchevsky
Sônia Dias
Cláudio Corrêa e Castro
Thelma Reston
Sadi Cabral
Cristina Aché
Maurício do Valle
Regina Casé
Guará Rodrigues
Mustapha Barat
Luiz Fernando Guimarães
Sandro Solviatti
Risomar Galvão
Simone Malaguti
Patrícia Young