A Moreninha

Cowboy escaping from the drought in the Northeast Brazil meets some officers led by a cruel lieutenant, whose main objective was to catch organized outlaws and invade the small town of Juazeiro. They arrest and torture him, hoping he would tell them the whereabouts of Padre Cícero, a prominent religious leader of the place. But he manages to escape and arrives in Juazeiro. The police invade the city and arrest the believers who were celebrating a party for Padre Cícero.

Carlos is a young man from the São Paulo middle class who works for a big company during a time when foreign automobile industries were settling in Brazil. Shortly after, he accepts a job at a factory that makes automobile parts, where he becomes manager. To a certain extent, he is a family man who works hard, earns well and lives unsatisfied. Without any prospects in his life to change the condition he rejects, his last resort is escaping.

Two truck drivers work on Brazilian roads.

After their relative and associate runs way, the Naves brothers inform the police of the incident, who end up arresting them under the accusation of murdering the missing person. The brothers are tortured in order to confess a crime they did not commit while their wives are raped.

Romantic biography of Maria Bonita, daughter of a poor farmer who was kidnapped by Lampião and became his lover.

Countryman J.K. gets annoyed and quits his job on a farm when his boss sends his pet cow to a slaughterhouse in town. In search of the animal, J.K. goes to the city and, there, is harassed by several single women.

Gumercindo is a simple man who sees the daughter become pregnant of the son of its boss. Determined to demand that his grandson have a father, he joins neighbors to seek justice in his own way.

Fofuca is a farmer who faces the exploitation of an entrepreneur in a Japanese-Brazilian community. He joins the Japanese immigrants, who found a cooperative where they fight for their rights.

After being deceived by a small time crook with a promise of a job for his family, Bernardino Jabá (Amácio Mazzaropi), his wife Marcolina Jabá (Geny Prado), their two sons, their daughter and their Spanish friend are mistaken as being "cangaceiros" (bandits from the Northeastern of Brazil). They help the police to arrest the outlaws, but Bernardino Jabá misses and is considered dead. When he returns to the small village one year later, the locals believe that it is his soul indeed.

A mine boss hires a policeman to chase some runaways who stole a precious diamond.

A man who's memorized his town's telephone directory tries his luck on a TV Show. But a small group of people who control the bettings in town try to get advantage of his simple-mindedness.

Story of a sausage salesman, a simple man struggling with family problems.

In a holiday camp, couples live situations of sex and love, in three segments: Alice, Angélica and Ana.