Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. In her youth she marries Dr. Carlos Paiva, her father's friend, to whom she is not attracted. They move to the valley of Abraham. Carlos loves her, but decides to sleep in a separate room to avoid waking Ema when he has to return late at night. As time goes by she begins to feel unhappy about her marriage, so she finds a new lover.
Believing she comes from a wealthy family, thugs kidnap a young woman hired as an au pair in Paris.
Portrait of the last days of the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.
