Betrayed wife of a powerful and corrupt Senator, turns him in, and his fraud schemes and lies are exposed. After one of his lovers commits suicide, he has his illegitimate son kidnapped and taken to a decadent seaside resort in the country's extreme southern coast. The Senator chooses another former lover to take care of his son, and the two of them become involved beyond that of a mother son relationship.
Porto Alegre anxiously awaits the passage of the German airship towards Montevideo. Júlio, an accountant, finds a way not to take his wife Mariana, a seamstress, who stays at home, sad. But while Júlio and his lover Leda see very little of Zeppelin, Mariana, at home, indulges in an overwhelming passion.
