Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their three elder daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back home. Noronha discovers she has been expelled from boarding school for having killed a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events.
| Directing | Neville D'Almeida | Director |
| Production | Scarlet Moon | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Marco Antonio Cury | Editor |
| Camera | Edson Santos | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Neville D'Almeida | Screenplay |
| Writing | Neville D'Almeida | Adaptation |
| Production | Neville D'Almeida | Producer |
| Production | Nelson Rodrigues | Associate Producer |
| Art | Marcos Flaksman | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurício Sette | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jaque Monteiro | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Gilberto Loureiro | Production Manager |
| Directing | Paulo Sérgio de Almeida | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Liège Monteiro | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Guará Rodrigues | Assistant Director |
| Art | Bia Castro | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Sílvia Alencar | Sound |
| Sound | Severino Dadá | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ubirajara de Castro | Sound |
| Camera | Ivan Cardoso | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Cezar Elias | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | José Tadeu Ribeiro | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jaime Schwartz | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Aroldo Teles | Electrician |
| Camera | Andréas Valentim | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Marília Alvim | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Juliana Monteiro | Continuity |
| Production | Paulo Roberto C. Baptista | Production Assistant |
| Production | Orlando Martins da Rocha | Production Assistant |
| Production | Flávio Leandro | Production Assistant |
| Production | Eduardo Machado | Production Assistant |
| Production | Walter Schilke | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Roberto Carlos | Music |
| Sound | Erasmo Carlos | Music |
| Camera | Edson Santos | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Lulu Santos | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mara Aché | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Saraca Barreto | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sound | Geraldo José | Sound Effects |
| Lighting | Risomar Galvão | Electrician |
| Lighting | Danilson Souza Costa | Electrician |
| Sound | Roberto Leite | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Roberto Leite | Sound Designer |
| Art | José Joaquim Salles | Title Designer |
| Writing | Gilberto Loureiro | Writers' Assistant |
| Production | Marco Antonio Valença | Accountant |
| Production | Nilma Bittar | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Moacir Estevão | Grip |
| Writing | Nelson Rodrigues | Theatre Play |