At the end of the 19th century, a poor family comes to the rural Canudos, a community led by Antônio Conselheiro, seen by many as a holy prophet. Their ways bother the powerful people of the region, and the newly founded Republic sends their army to destroy the settlement, which culminates in one of the bloodiest wars in the history of Brazil.
Cláudia Abreu
Marieta Severo
Paulo Betti
José Wilker
José de Abreu
Selton Mello
Tonico Pereira
Roberto Bomtempo
Tuca Andrada
Dandara Guerra
Jorge Neves
Dody Só
Elias Mendonça
Ernani Moraes
Orlando Vieira
Eliezer de Almeida
Denise Weinberg
Camilo Bevilacqua
Jurandir de Oliveira
Murilo Grossi
Alexandre Dacosta
Arlindo Bião
Carlos Petrovich
Edlo Mendes
Elson Rosario
Inaldo Santana
José Marinho
Lamartine Ferreira
Lucien Paulo
Marcelo Prado
Mário Gadelha
Numa Pompilio
Paulo Ribeiro
Péricles Almeida
Selma Santos