After being deceived by a small time crook with a promise of a job for his family, Bernardino JabĂĄ (AmĂĄcio Mazzaropi), his wife Marcolina JabĂĄ (Geny Prado), their two sons, their daughter and their Spanish friend are mistaken as being "cangaceiros" (bandits from the Northeastern of Brazil). They help the police to arrest the outlaws, but Bernardino JabĂĄ misses and is considered dead. When he returns to the small village one year later, the locals believe that it is his soul indeed.