"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."
Fernanda Montenegro
as Dona Maria / Áurea (1942-1969) / Maria (1969)
Fernanda Torres
as Áurea (1910-1919) / Maria (1942)
Ruy Guerra
as Vasco de Sá
Seu Jorge
as Massu (1910-1919)
Luiz Melodia
as Massu (1942)
Enrique Díaz
as Luiz (1919)
Stênio Garcia
as Luiz (1942)
Emiliano Queiroz
as Chico do Sal
João Acaiabe
as Pai de Massu
Camilla Facundes
as Maria (1919)
Haroldo Costa
as Capataz
Jorge Mautner
as Cientista
Nelson Jacobina
Zumbi Bahia
as Carregador Vasco 1
Urias de Oliveira Filho
as Carregador Vasco 2
Carlos Henrique Nascimento
as Pescador Entreposto
Jefferson de Almeida Barbosa
as Mirinho (1919)
Wadson Martins
as Mirinho (1942)
Guilherme Júnior
as Pescador Fogueira
Andrucha Waddington
Director
Elena Soarez
Screenstory
Screenplay
Tulé Peak
Art Direction
Cláudia Kopke
Costume Design
Luiz Carlos Barreto
Katiuscha Mello
Producer
Ricardo Della Rosa
Director of Photography
Jorge Saldanha
Sound
Sérgio Mekler
Editor
João Barone
Music
Carlo Bartolini
Martín Macías Trujillo
Makeup Artist
Claudia Braga
Pedro Buarque de Hollanda
Daniel Filho
Associate Producer
Marcos França
Executive Producer
Pedro Guimarães
Leonardo Monteiro de Barros
Patrick Siaretta