The story of Virgulino, the famous Lampião, who led a bunch of cangaceiros (as his followers were called) through the Northeast of Brazil, and became respected by poor local people, for his sense of immediate justice.
Pedro Boiadeiro goes after a gang of cangaceiros to avenge the brutal rape and death of his newly-wed wife.
In a small town, a pastor and a priest dispute the population's spiritual leadership.
Biography of a real-life Brazilian Robin Hood, a reasonably wealthy man who fought for the poor and the slaves in the second half of 19th-century Northeastern Brazil.