Fred Júnior

In Bahia, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé religion, which he considers a factor of political and social oppression, with tragic outcome.

In Recife, Dr. Paulo is an important lawyer that has a daughter, Heloísa, with his paramour and living in the country. A few days before traveling to Europe, Dr. Paulo asks to a close friend to bring Heloísa to Recife. Meanwhile, his bohemian and irresponsible son Helvécio meets Heloísa, and without knowing that she is his sister, he tries to rape her, and she kills him. Heloísa is arrested and goes to trial without any evidence to prove that she self-defended her honor.

Two young farmers are visited by a stranger who wants to spend the night.

A young woman, the daughter of a farmhand, is in love with the farmer's son, a young student living in the capital who has no good intentions toward her. Carrapiche, a modest and crippled young man, is also in love with the girl, but he knows of the other's bad intentions.