In Rio de Janeiro, the teenager Silene is approached on the street by the middle-aged Dr. Odorico Quintela that asks information about her mother Engraçadinha. They take a cab to the suburb of Vaz Lobo where Silene lives and the swindler Odorico tells Engraçadinha and her husband Zózimo that he was a friend of Engraçadinha's father in Espírito Santo. However, he gets close to E...