In a ranch, a midwife attends to the birth of a girl resulting from an illegitimate relationship whom she will try to keep.

An engineer takes charge of a mine in the north of the country and a local landowner opposes him by all means.

The love story between Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, after the independence of the country, and Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos.

For reasons that will be revealed in the end, a woman mysteriously returns to her parents' home on her wedding night.

A man loves a woman of strong character but she abandons her