Tonho TiĂŞ really likes living free, playing capoeira and drinking. During Carnival he meets beautiful Zulmira; they pledge love and projects for many children. But time passes and Tonho returns to being the womanizer he had always been. Zulmira, daughter of IansĂŁ, cannot stand Tonho's brazenness, and asks her saint-mother to wash her honor with blood.