Nineteen-year-old Julio heads to Lisbon from the provinces and gets a job as a shoemaker for his uncle Raul. But when he meets Ilda, a confident young housemaid who becomes a regular shop visitor, his working-class values collide with the bourgeois trappings of modern life.
Anastácio lives in Lisbon and is fanatic for Sporting, one of the city's football teams. When the team travels to face Porto, he follows it with the family, staying in house of his friend, Mr. Barata, pretending to be rich.
Богач Жуан Эшмориш погибает в автокатастрофе. Полиция подозревает, что это было преступление. Инспектор Мойзеш осматривает дом покойного в поисках улик, тщательно расследует всех в его жизни, пытаясь выяснить, каким человеком он был на самом деле.
The fatalism caught up and the amorous tragedy between Teresa de Albuquerque and Simão Botelho, who survives the intolerant litigation of her noble families.
