In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coastal town run by the local colonels.

• Sultana
• United Artists
• Sônia Braga
• Marcello Mastroianni
• Antonio Cantafora
• Paulo Goulart
• Tania Boscoli
• Nicole Puzzi
• Flávio Galvão
• Ricardo Petráglia