
The film uses delicacy and humor to describe the authoritarian functioning of a typically Brazilian 1950 family in Rio de Janeiro. The family is headed by a matriarch anxiously waiting for the night to hear Carlos Lacerda. The intense emotional plot highlights the absurdity of the characters' behavior.

as Dona Mocinha

as Rodriguinho

as Conceição

as Henrique

as Orlando

as Iracema

as Adalgisa

as Ricardinho

as Manoel

as Pinheiro

as José

as Maria Augusta

as Rodriguinho (5 anos)