A girl from the countryside goes to the city of Belém to take part in the Círio de Nazaré celebrations. Led to prostitution, she wishes to move to the wealthiest Southeast region of Brazil. In a dance club, she meets a truck driver that transports wood. Dreaming with the big city, she asks for a ride, and the two begin a journey through the Trans-Amazon road. In tension with the Brazilian military authorities of the time, the film registers several aspects of the Amazon social tragedy – forest fires, slave work and child prostitution. Awarded in several international festivals, the film was forbidden by the Brazilian censorship. It was only released years later, winning the Brasília Film Festival in 1981.
Edna de Cássia
as Iracema
Paulo César Peréio
as Tião
Conceição Senna
as Teresa
Rose Rodrigues
as
Fernando Neves
as
Sidnei Piñon
as
Natal
as
Elma Martins
as
Wilmar Nunes
as
Lúcio dos Santos
as
Orlando Senna
as Pilot (uncredited)
Margarida Alves Gouveia
as Iracema's Mother (uncredited)
