The action is set in a farm, and in its adjacent little town. The farm's foreman, named Juvenal, has a daughter, named Maria Fausta, who is loved by a farm employee named Galdino, who plays the accordion as a hobby. She, however, does not love him back and is having a secret affair with another man, named João do Carmo. When Juvenal finds out about his daughter's affair and forbids her from continuing with it, she disappears from the farm. A subplot has the farm's owner, "Colonel" Januário, running for town's mayor.
Not altogether uninteresting little drama with some musical interludes. At times the filmmaker lets himself be carried away from realism into the display of aesthetically appealing images. The acting is mostly amateurish, but the diretor keeps it serviceable; his own performance in one of the main roles, on the other hand, is good. The political subplot is a fine register of Brazil's political culture of the period.
Rating: 33
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