The irreverent Dulcinéa struggles to keep her revue theater, *Mambembe*, afloat; the building itself belongs to the traditional Maldonado family. The patriarch, Salvador Maldonado—a conservative man—keeps a tight rein on the clan, maintaining control over both the business and his children: Joana, an elegant and snobbish woman who is the staunchest defender of the views held by Pops, as the children call him; Téo, who has always silently submitted to the old man's high-handedness; Walter, dominated by his older sister and his father's favorite; and Lalucha, the youngest, a film student who challenges the status quo and rebels against the family's stuffy conservatism.
Dulcinéa
Pepita
Téo
Salvador Maldonado (Paizão)
Joana
Alberto
Zeca
Jaci / Jacira
Barbosa
Walter
Belinha
Lalucha
Maria do Carmo
Dr. Júlio Sampaio
Dedé
Elisa
Roque
Porfírio Padilha
Viriato
Sônia
Ivonete
Xande
Lambari
Vitório
Juca
Corisco
Alemão
Miro
Cristina
Luísa
Márcia
Dudu