Dustan Maciel

In Recife, Dr. Paulo is an important lawyer that has a daughter, Heloísa, with his paramour and living in the country. A few days before traveling to Europe, Dr. Paulo asks to a close friend to bring Heloísa to Recife. Meanwhile, his bohemian and irresponsible son Helvécio meets Heloísa, and without knowing that she is his sister, he tries to rape her, and she kills him. Heloísa is arrested and goes to trial without any evidence to prove that she self-defended her honor.

A poor woman passes herself as singer that just arrives from Frances and becames a sensation on Rio de Janeiro's high society.

Returning from a pleasant horseback ride, two lovers on their way home contemplate each other, entranced by the modesty inherent in the rigid customs they were raised in. The hero feels an irrepressible desire to come to Rio. In the capital, interested in a theater star, he heads to Buenos Aires to win her heart.

In a small town in the countryside, the population is excited about the imminent arrival of a circus that brings excitement to the peaceful life of the city.

A young woman, the daughter of a farmhand, is in love with the farmer's son, a young student living in the capital who has no good intentions toward her. Carrapiche, a modest and crippled young man, is also in love with the girl, but he knows of the other's bad intentions.

A Recife society couple, while visiting a painting exhibition, recognizes, in a painting depicting a gypsy girl, their daughter, who had been kidnapped by gypsies as a child. The painter informs them that the girl is part of the Bentes Lemano gang. The parents go to the police, who arrest the gang, including Artur. Their identities are clarified. Despite her parents' opposition, the heroine ends up marrying Maurício.

A young woman, the daughter of a farmhand, is in love with the farmer's son, a young student living in the capital who has no good intentions toward her. Carrapiche, a modest and crippled young man, is also in love with the girl, but he knows of the other's bad intentions.