Country boy arrives in Rio de Janeiro, looking for a better life, but he finds it extremely difficult to get a job, and even has to work as a pimp in order to survive.
An ordinary thief and two accomplices invade a mansion whose owners traveled to Buenos Aires. They settle there with the whole family, until the real owners return. The owner's natural son saves the thief's situation when he threatens to reveal some compromising documents.
Renato has fallen in love with his neighbor Marta, but their families don't get along. To try to solve the problem, each one takes their own family to a picnic in Paquetá, where everyone will have to interact.