Estefânia is an old, rich, strict catholic woman, and when she sets her eyes on a couple of servants who have no means to bring up properly their youngest son, António, she decides to move her influences in order to make a priest out of him. The parents accept it, the local priest and even the Seminar's rector accept it, and António accepts it - if not for piety, for obeyance to his parents. Once time goes by, and António is out of rural misery and into the prison-like system of a seminar, doubts and anguishes mount within him.
Dona Estefânia
Reitor
Padre Tomás
Padre Martins
Padre Lino
Capitão
Joana
António's Mother
Padre Alves
Tio Gorra
Criado
Padre Pita
October 17, 1980
Dona Estefânia
Reitor
Padre Tomás
Padre Martins
Padre Lino
Capitão
Joana
António's Mother
Padre Alves
Tio Gorra
Criado
Padre Pita