Quartet from Northeast Brazil arrive in Rio de Janeiro, to try their luck in the big city.

Intent on offering his fiancée a better life, countryman heads for Rio de Janeiro in search of a place in the sun...

Professor Leônidas Jau is an enemy of football, and in conferences and articles he throws all his hatred against the sport. Friendenreich, his son, however, loves the sport. Leonidas then has a falling out with his son, which may be saved.

Nurse Cacilda meets factory worker Altino and they begin a romance, but upon discovering she is being deceived, Cacilda plots to kidnap and kill Sonia, his six-year-old daughter. Based on a true story.