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.
Danton Mello
as Hector
Leona Cavalli
as Clara
Lázaro Ramos
as Dido
Caio Blat
as Bira
Sílvio Guindane
as Candinho
Zezé Motta
as Joana Maria da Conceição
Marcélia Cartaxo
as Adélia
Caco Ciocler
as Ricardo Pedrosa
Joana Fomm
as Maria Amélia
Herson Capri
as Marco Aurélio Silveira
Ana Lúcia Torre
as Maria Antônia do Rosário/ Noêmia
Antônio Abujamra
as Manoel Fernandes
