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.
Rebeca Maciel
Antônio Mourão Ferreira de Souza
Lívia Maciel
Juliano Mourão Ferreira de Souza
Custódia Alves Serrão
Tonha da Pamonha
Martinho Amoedo
Ava Maria Gardner Ferreira de Souza
Inácio Alves Serrão
Verena Alves Serrão
Bilac Maciel
Ovídio
Gregory Ferreira de Souza
Neris Ferreira de Souza
Jorgete
Jacira Ferreira de Souza
Cajão (Frederico Feijó)
Yeda Ferreira de Souza
Barnabé de Barros
Baby (Catarina Amoedo)
Edivânia
Edvaldo "Zulu"
Odaísa
Selma
Delfina
Zé da Rapadura
Patricio Amoedo
Ruth
Ananias
Nazaré
Das Dores
Lara
Ester
Antônio Maciel Mourão Jr.
Joca (Joana)
Dã (Daniel Amoedo)
Bisteca
Tico
Yuri "Pingo"