Darlene Glória, stage name of Helena Maria Glória Vianna (São José do Calçado, March 20, 1942), is a Brazilian actress, radio actress, broadcaster, singer, writer and presenter.
In Northeastern Brazil, twelve-year-old Maria is sold to have a better life as a housemaid. However, Maria is resold and sent to a brothel in the Amazon gold fields and put to work by the despicable Saraiva.
Carlos is a young man from the São Paulo middle class who works for a big company during a time when foreign automobile industries were settling in Brazil. Shortly after, he accepts a job at a factory that makes automobile parts, where he becomes manager. To a certain extent, he is a family man who works hard, earns well and lives unsatisfied. Without any prospects in his life to change the condition he rejects, his last resort is escaping.
A rich man encounters a prostitute and gets confused about the nature of his feelings for her. He can't decide between attraction and repulsion.
