Roberto Montini

An introverted man, trapped in a routine office job; who, due to a sudden heat attack, becomes overwhelmed and begins to change his vision of his daily life, in such a way that he decides to face an entire system and his own life in absolute solitude.

With all set to move to Barcelona and find her boyfriend, Mercedes gets to know Ariel, who turns to be a very pleasant company. At the same time, Juan arrives at Argentina, after many years, and searches for his fiancée, but ends up meeting Micaela.

Marked by the reputation of “son of the devil”, Zeca sees his life change when he falls in love with Maria Rita, Santinha. But the young woman's devotion and expectations about her destiny put the romance to the test.

The central theme of the soap opera is the struggle for political control in the interior of Bahia between the two most powerful *coronéis* (landowning bosses) of the cocoa region: Sinhô Badaró and Horácio da Silveira. Virgílio, an ambitious lawyer, is summoned to the town by Colonel Horácio but ends up becoming involved with Ester, the colonel's wife. Captain João Magalhães is a card sharp who poses as a military engineer, successfully deceiving the entire town. He falls in love with Sinhô Badaró's daughter, Donana. By the end of the story, he reveals that he had only gotten close to the Badarós out of opportunism. After numerous clashes with Sinhô Badaró, Colonel Horácio secures political power in the town of Ferradas, with the acknowledgment of the local population.