A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.
Fernanda Montenegro
as Dona Maria / Áurea (1942-1969) / Maria (1969)
Fernanda Torres
as Áurea (1910-1919) / Maria (1942)
Ruy Guerra
as Vasco de Sá
Seu Jorge
as Massu (1910-1919)
Luiz Melodia
as Massu (1942)
Enrique Díaz
as Luiz (1919)
Stênio Garcia
as Luiz (1942)
Emiliano Queiroz
as Chico do Sal
João Acaiabe
as Pai de Massu
Camilla Facundes
as Maria (1919)
Haroldo Costa
as Capataz
Jorge Mautner
as Cientista
