
Unhappy in her marriage, Rachel decides to separate from her husband, the businessman Virgílio. Determined to turn her life around, she moves from Petrópolis to the southern zone of Rio de Janeiro with her daughter, Clara, and goes to live in her mother Laura's house in Ipanema. There she falls in love with the charming, but gruff, Heitor, owner of a mechanic shop. He lives with his sister, Irene, in an old townhouse, one of the main settings of the telenovela.
Heitor Kock

Rachel Porto Machado

Abel Spina

Clara Porto Machado

Laura Porto

Caetano Spina

Sofia Ana Herder

Virgílio Machado

Horácio Martins

Olívia Mendes

Miguel Herder

Romeu

Flora Machado

Germano Machado

Irene Kock

Lola

Juvenal Arruda (Zito)

Noêmia Arruda

Hilário Herder

Beatriz Soares

Geni Lima

Gilberto

Mônica

Gaspar

Pedrinho (Pedro)

Matilde

Madalena

Zezé

Glorinha (Glória Martins)

Rogério Machado

Tarso

Irmã Alzira

Isabel

Franco

Cida da Luz

Gabriel

Simone

Pelé

Marcos

Consuelo

Dona Elza

Fernando

Zenaide

Irmã Luzia
José
Vera
Amadeu