The movie is set in a village on the coast of Bahia, where the residents, most of whom are Black, make a meager living as fishermen employed by a white businessman. When prodigal son Firmino, returns home from the city, flaunting his flashy clothing and proclaiming his prosperity, he scorns the villagers’ Candomblé religion and encourages them to rise up against their exploiters. But in truth he's poor and fleeing arrest. When persuasion fails, Firmino relies on spells and curses to change their minds, and recruits a young woman named Cota, who loves him, to help.

Antonio Pitanga, Aldo Teixeira, Luiza Maranhão, Lucy Carvalho, Lidio Silva