A millionaire invites some friends for a weekend on an island, where some say there is a buried treasure. But a storm takes the boat away, and they stay isolated from the rest of the world. In these conditions, everybody starts to show their real nature and character.

Four deserters from Paraguay War hide in an old drunkard's country seat. The latter has two daughters who are unhappy with their recluse lives.

An unlucky woman checks in a hotel pretending to be a French baroness so she can have 24 hours of dream before comitting suicide.

Three men who never met each other are hired by a mysterious client to carry out a daring bank robbery.

In a desolate area of Brazilian mountainside, cut off from civilization, an old miner discovers a king-size diamond that he puts in his pocket rather than turn over to the thugs he works for.

The ups and downs in the lives of immigrants from post-war Europe, arriving in Brazil in search of a better future.

Man and woman fall in love while in treatment for TB, in the beautiful town of Campos do Jordão.