Reparto: Manuel Cavaco,Maria Emília Correia,Lia Gama,Luís Lucas,José Martins,Rui Mendes,Henrique Viana,Maria Helena Matos,Pedro Efe,António Cara D'Anjo,Morais e Castro,
Luís - ex-student in Lisbon and ex-combatant in Africa - finds, after returning, Maria, secretary who has a relationship with António. He lives in a palace with his children, two old aunts and a Dominican friar, a former missionary.