A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.
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The people behind it
Fernanda Montenegro
Dona Maria / Áurea (1942-1969) / Maria (1969)
Fernanda Torres
Áurea (1910-1919) / Maria (1942)
Ruy Guerra
Vasco de Sá
Seu Jorge
Massu (1910-1919)
Luiz Melodia
Massu (1942)
Enrique Díaz
Luiz (1919)
Stênio Garcia
Luiz (1942)
Emiliano Queiroz
Chico do Sal
João Acaiabe
Pai de Massu
Camilla Facundes
Maria (1919)
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