A troubadour, father of 9 children, supports 3 families in different locations in the interior of Bahia. One day, he arrives in the city of Cachoeira and meets the most desirable woman in the region, married to a famous gunslinger. Despite the warnings, he responds to the girl's pleas and seduces her in her own home. He just didn't count on her husband coming back sooner. Adaptation of a short story by Jorge Amado.