
1998 – 1999
179 Episodes
50 min

Alessandra Negrini
Rebeca Maciel

Murilo Benício
Antônio Mourão Ferreira de Souza

Flávia Alessandra
Lívia Maciel

Leonardo Brício
Juliano Mourão Ferreira de Souza

Marília Pêra
Custódia Alves Serrão

Arlete Salles
Tonha da Pamonha

José Mayer
Martinho Amoedo

Ângela Vieira
Ava Maria Gardner Ferreira de Souza

Nuno Leal Maia
Inácio Alves Serrão

Lília Cabral
Verena Alves Serrão

Mauro Mendonça
Bilac Maciel

Cláudio Corrêa e Castro
Ovídio

Ricardo Petraglia
Gregory Ferreira de Souza

Ary Fontoura
Neris Ferreira de Souza

Rosi Campos
Jorgete

Bia Nunnes
Jacira Ferreira de Souza

Roberto Bomtempo
Cajão (Frederico Feijó)

Laura Cardoso
Yeda Ferreira de Souza

Osmar Prado
Barnabé de Barros

Samara Felippo
Baby (Catarina Amoedo)

Taís Araújo
Edivânia

Luka Ribeiro
Edvaldo "Zulu"

Renata Dutra
Odaísa

Susana Ribeiro
Selma

Eloísa Mafalda
Delfina

Cosme dos Santos
Zé da Rapadura

Mário Frias
Patricio Amoedo

Amélia Bittencourt
Ruth

Júlio Braga
Ananias

Bia Montez
Nazaré
The plot revolves around the romantic conflict involving four young people who have known each other since childhood. Antônio Mourão, an orphan raised by Father Ovídio, has two dreams in life: to graduate in Medicine – he has just passed the entrance exam – and to marry Rebeca, one of the daughters of his godfather, the Protestant pastor Bilac. Antônio and Rebeca end up separated thanks to the interference of Lívia, the youngest daughter of Pastor Bilac. Sensual and deceitful, she dreams of abandoning her life in São Tomás de Trás, working as a lacemaker and attending her father's church services, to live in the big city. She sees in Antônio a chance to fulfill her desire and, even knowing about the romance between the young man and her sister, she orchestrates a situation to seduce him and manages to get pregnant by him. The two are then forced to marry and move to the capital.