When a prominent U.S. Nobel Laureate arrives in Salvador, Bahia, the city with the largest black population in Brazil, he stirs emotions by championing a long-forgotten local writer named Pedro Archanjo, who believed that humanity would be improved only through miscegenation.

Fausto Pena
Ana Mercedes
Dra. Edelweiss
Dr. Zezinho Pinto
Gastão Simas
James D. Linvingston
Dadá
Pedro Archanjo (jovem)
Pedro Archanjo (adulto)
Coronel Gomes
Tia Eufrásia
Delegado Pedrito Gordo