Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.
Marcélia Cartaxo
Macabéa
José Dumont
Olímpico de Jesus
Tamara Taxman
Glória
Fernanda Montenegro
Madame Carlota
Umberto Magnani
Seu Raimundo
Denoy de Oliveira
Pereira
Lizette Negreiros
Maria
Sônia Guedes
Joana
