Passages from the life of former Alagoan senator Teotônio Vilela, with emphasis on the process of his formation as a public figure, from his childhood as a mill boy to the final stage, with his famous campaign for the democratic restoration of the country. At this point, he was a man on the brink of death, already victimized by the cancer that would kill him.

Cast

Leonel Brizola

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Teotônio Vilela

Carlos Castello Branco

Miguel Arraes

Henfil

Tancredo Neves