São Paulo, 1945. A tenement in the Bixiga neighborhood centralizes the plots and characters. The cheerful Lalá is a former prostitute who got along with a senator of the Republic, her lover, who, when he died, left her in an excellent financial situation, since she had a daughter with him, Marialina. Lalá is courted by the simple Italian Antônio Sapateiro, a mature man in love with her. The Portuguese Manoel Vitor loves the Jewish Ruth, but her parents forbid dating because of religion.

Genres

Cast

Yoná Magalhães

Laura (Lalá)

Nívea Maria

Gema

Carlos Zara

Antônio Sapateiro

Osmar Prado

Pietro

Lauro Corona

Manuel Vitor

Deborah Evelyn

Ruth

Walmor Chagas

Álvaro

Paulo José

Francesco

Giuseppe Oristanio

Bruno

Patricia Pillar

Bianca

Paulo Castelli

Israel

Paulo Figueiredo

Valentim