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.
Dona Mocinha

Rodriguinho

Conceição

Henrique

Orlando

Iracema

Adalgisa

Ricardinho
Manoel

Pinheiro
José

Maria Augusta
Rodriguinho (5 anos)