In a large house in Salvador lives a family: Hercules, Julia, two of the couple's nephews, Hercules' father-in-law, and two maids. Hercules is a farmer who is in a professional and marital crisis. The mystical figure of Calunga mysteriously appears in the big house. He causes deep transformations in the family. Calunga relates to the women of the house and shakes the established patriarchal structure.

Mário Gusmão
as Calunga

Raimundo Matos
as Hércules

Eliana Tosta
as Julia

Roberto Maya
as

Eládio Freitas
as Getúlio

Frieda Gutmann
as Irene

Gildásio Leite
as

Jacques de Beauvoir
as Índio

Adagmar Valéria
as Luanda

Carlos Athayde
as Padre