简介：AnimportantpartofBrazilianhistory,thisisthestoryofAnaydeBeiriz-asplayedbyTaniaAlves-poetess,journalist,teacher,arevolutionaryinhertime(the1920sand1930s),andknownforhersexuality.HergreatloveforJoaoDantastriggeredtheassassinationofJoaoPessoa,theGovernorofBrazil'sParahybaState.Theseeventswerethenusedpoliticallyaspretextforthefailed"Revolutionof1930." OntheeveoftheOctober,1930installationofGetulioVargasasadictatorinBrazil,aleaderoftheoppositionLiberalAlliancePartywasmurdered.Thisimaginativeandwell-wrought,fictionalfilmisabouttheindirectinvolvementofAnaydeBeiriz(TaniaAlves)inthatmurder,butratherthanfocusonthepoliticalconsequences,thefilmconcentratesonthepersonalityandcharacterofthewomanherself.Anaydewasnotboundbypuritanicalorreligiousrestrictionsinherrelationshipswithmen,andsoheraffairwiththejournalistJoaoDantes(ClaudioMarzo)wassexuallyliberatedforitstime.DantashadtightpoliticalconnectionswiththemilitaryheadoftheRepublicanParty,makinghisownpoliticsclear-whatislessclearisthemotivationforhissubsequentactions.WhentheleaderoftheLiberalAlliancePartyinvadesDantas'apartmentandmakespublicintimatelettersandphotographsofhisrelationshipwithAnayde,thejournalisttracksdownthemaninarestaurant,andkillshim.SincethedictatorVargaswassupportedbyDantasandconsideredafascistbymany,theunderlyingquestionsaboutAnaydearewhetherornotshecouldbeconsidered"liberated,"orwasshesimplyaproductofonetime,onepoliticaloutlook,andoneplace?…