Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humour to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in the society's daily lives.
Inspirada na obra homnima de Joo Ubaldo Ribeiro, a minissérie narra a história de amor entre Joo Pedroso (Tony Ramos), um biólogo que resolve viver da pesca, e a infeliz Ana Clara (Maitê Proena), casada com o corrupto ngelo Marcos (Raul Cortez), secretário de Saúde.
Junto com a amante, Bebel (Lúcia Veríssimo), ngelo planeja levar a especulao imobiliária para a paradisía...