1821年,巴西迪亚曼蒂纳山脉,奴隶贩子António回到又大又破的农庄。他的妻子死于难产,他和精神错乱的岳母与成群的黑奴被禁足于这荒无人烟的地方,他娶了死去妻子的12岁侄女Beatriz。不安分的António再次与商队一起远行,年幼的妻子Beatriz却不知如何与黑奴们相处……。Two young people with a young child, living in the seventies, are full of ideas and dreams. They are madly in love with each other, but a disastrous accident during a sailing trip over the ocean, drifts them apart. Thirty-five years later, they meet again and there is still love, but also other strong emotions to cope with. Does she dare to entrust him a big secret from the pas...。