A história de amor entre João Pedroso, um biólogo que resolve viver da pesca, e a infeliz Ana Clara, casada com o corrupto Ângelo Marcos, secretário de Saúde. Junto com a amante, Bebel, Ângelo planeja levar a especulação imobiliária para a paradisíaca ilha de Santa Cruz.
Inspired by the work of the same name by João Ubaldo Ribeiro, the miniseries tells the love story between João Pedros, a biologist who decides to make a living from fishing, and the unhappy Ana Clara, married to the corrupt Ângelo Marcos, Secretary of Health. Together with his lover, Bebel, Ângelo plans to take real estate speculation to the paradisiacal island of Santa Cruz. And for this he counts on the complicity of Tavinho and Nando, who belong to the local elite.