São Paulo, 1980s. Marina, 21 years old, has talent for painting and leads a simple life with her mother. Vitor is a successful lawyer who works in the shipbuilding company whose heir is James. Both are in love with Marina. She does not know, however, that Vitor is married and father of a two-year-old boy. Fragile with his mother's death, Marina surrenders to Vitor, but Elaine, his wife, discovers the case. Marina is shocked to learn that her boyfriend is married and ends the relationship.