Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.

Zezé Motta
Joana Maria da Conceição

Marcélia Cartaxo
Adélia

Caco Ciocler
Ricardo Pedrosa