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.
Key credits listed on this page include Domingos de Oliveira, Fernanda Montenegro, Raul Guaraná, Priscilla Rozenbaum, Paulo Betti, Ricardo Kosovski, Nanda Costa, and Maria Flor.