The plot revolves around the romantic conflict involving four young people who have known each other since childhood. Antônio Mourão, an orphan raised by Father Ovídio, has two dreams in life: to graduate in Medicine – he has just passed the entrance exam – and to marry Rebeca, one of the daughters of his godfather, the Protestant pastor Bilac. Antônio and Rebeca end up separated thanks to the interference of Lívia, the youngest daughter of Pastor Bilac. Sensual and deceitful, she dreams of abandoning her life in São Tomás de Trás, working as a lacemaker and attending her father's church services, to live in the big city. She sees in Antônio a chance to fulfill her desire and, even knowing about the romance between the young man and her sister, she orchestrates a situation to seduce him and manages to get pregnant by him. The two are then forced to marry and move to the capital.
Alessandra Negrini
Murilo Benício
Flávia Alessandra
Leonardo Brício
Marília Pêra
Arlete Salles
José Mayer
Ângela Vieira
Nuno Leal Maia
Lília Cabral
Mauro Mendonça
Cláudio Corrêa e Castro
Ricardo Petraglia
Ary Fontoura
Rosi Campos
Bia Nunnes
Roberto Bomtempo
Laura Cardoso
Osmar Prado
Samara Felippo
Taís Araújo
Luka Ribeiro
Renata Dutra
Susana Ribeiro
Eloísa Mafalda
Cosme dos Santos
Mário Frias
Amélia Bittencourt
Júlio Braga
Bia Montez
Lulu Pavarin
Carolina Abranches
Camilla Farias
Helder Agostini
Letícia Medella
Sérgio Hondjakoff
Carolina Pavanelli
Yan Whately
Samuel Costa