Monarchists and republicans meet in Araruna, a small fictional town in the interior of São Paulo, in 1886. The novel portrays the love story of the beautiful and wealthy Sinhá Moça - daughter of the slave, Barão Ferreira de Araruna, and sweet and submissive Mother Candida - , with the young abolitionist lawyer Dr. Rodolfo Fontes - son of Dr. Fontes, and the housewife Inêz. Together, they face the difficulties in the campaign for the abolition of slaves.
Débora Falabella
as Maria das Graças Ferreira, a Sinhá Moça
Danton Mello
as Rodolfo Garcia Fontes
Patricia Pillar
as Cândida Ferreira, a Baronesa de Araruna
Osmar Prado
as Coronel José Ferreira, o Barão de Araruna
Vanessa Giácomo
as Juliana Castroneves
Eriberto Leão
as Dimas / Rafael
Isis Valverde
as Ana Luísa Maria Teixeira, a Ana do Véu
Bruno Gagliasso
as Ricardo Garcia Fontes
Lucy Ramos
as Adelaide de Jesus
Eduardo Pires
as José Coutinho
Lu Grimaldi
as Inez Garcia Fontes
Reginaldo Faria
as Dr. Geraldo Fontes
