
1974
138 Episodes

Marília Pêra
Manoela

Paulo José
Marcelo, o Belo

Carlos Vereza
Solano

Antonio Pedro
Chicão

Fausto Rocha
Gabriel

Carlos Alberto Riccelli
Ribamar

Zilka Salaberry
Carolina

Suzana Gonçalves
Regina

Carmen Monegal
Sílvia

Manfredo Colassanti
Seu Nicolau

Irene Stefânia
Laurita

Lúcia Alves
Raquel

Roberto Pirillo
Paulo

Gracindo Júnior
Mário

Rubens de Falco
Diógenes

Daisy Lúcidi
Maria Elvira

Sérgio Britto
Jorge Dias Batista

Diana Morel
Tereza

João Signorelli
Nando

Odilon Wagner
Renato

Zezé Motta
Doralice

Apolo Correia
Felipe

Ada Chaseliov
Tetê

Kátia d'Angelo
Roseli

Vinícius Salvatori
Reinaldo

Arnaldo Weiss
Nabuco

Jorge Botelho
Lula

José Steimberg
Dr. Isaac

Rita de Cássia
Kate

Eleonora Soledade
Aninha
Manoela is employed in the home of Donato, an employee at a cosmetics factory, and Carolina. After her boss's death, Carolina finds herself unprepared to deal with the serious financial difficulties and fires Manoela, who agrees to work for free, becoming a kind of guardian angel, advisor, and administrator of the house. To pay the mortgage on the property, she suggests that Carolina rent out two of the vacant rooms. The new tenants are four students who have recently arrived in Rio to take the university entrance exam. During their studies, the young men meet Marcelo, nicknamed Belo, who falls in love with Manoela. The relationship gives her the opportunity, for the first time, to forget about other people's problems and live her own life.