Regedor
Maduro, D. Lourenço manages to take away Joao Bolandas, to be with the woman, Florinda, his old love, that returns that feeling to him. Simão discovers the mother's connection with D. Lourenço and, from then on, only one desire guides him: to kill Florinda's lover.
Sr. Horroroso
While on his way to a picnic in Lisbon, Manuel stops to help two foreigners that had a car breakdown. With his tools, he retrieves a bag that contains... 200 thousand dollars worth of jewelery stolen by the two girls in Marbella.
Doutor Freitas
João and Jaime work as taxi drivers for the same company. But, once the company's vault is robbed by Raul, the manager's son, João is the one to blame.
A French sailor circa 1850, disembarks in a desert Atlantic island, and discovers a woman who had survived for many years her father and brother, dead while searching for mysterious valuables. The young couple discover paradise, and its end.
Fernando's father
The life of Fernando Farinha, from kid where he ran away to school - to sing the fado, and the condescension of the parents, although aspiring to have an "honest" job.
