Betrayed wife of a powerful and corrupt Senator, turns him in, and his fraud schemes and lies are exposed. After one of his lovers commits suicide, he has his illegitimate son kidnapped and taken to a decadent seaside resort in the country's extreme southern coast. The Senator chooses another former lover to take care of his son, and the two of them become involved beyond that of a mother son relationship.
Betty Faria
Isabela Siqueira (Serena)
Werner Schünemann
Lobo
Antônio Grassi
Paulo Hermes
Márcia de Oliveira
Penha
Marina Person
Fernanda Carvalho Leite
Renan Augusto
Luís Roberto
Beth Goulart
Eduardo Dussek
Miklos
Betrayed wife of a powerful and corrupt Senator, turns him in, and his fraud schemes and lies are exposed. After one of his lovers commits suicide, he has his illegitimate son kidnapped and taken to a decadent seaside resort in the country's extreme southern coast. The Senator chooses another former lover to take care of his son, and the two of them become involved beyond that of a mother son relationship.
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