accepts. Meanwhile, on the farm of Gumercindo, Matteo's charm enchants Angélica and Rosana. While Angélica is a shy girl, Rosana is impulsive and has strong personality. Rosana invests in Matteo despite being repeatedly rejected by him. However, to force Matteo to marry her, Rosana seduces Matteo and makes love with him. To Angélica Angelica join the convent, Gumercindo accepts the wedding proposal of Augusto, a young man with dreams of becoming a politician. Augusto, however, maintains an affair with Paola, a beautiful and fiery Italian who arrived in the same ship that Matteo and Giuliana had. Anacleto, her father, forces Augusto to take responsibility of Paola and Augusto and purchases a home for the her in São Paulo, living together without being married. Subsequently Angélica and Augusto marry and move to São Paulo, and Paola becomes Angelica's friend. In realizing that Augusto is happily married, Paola relinquishes her hope of marrying him. Gumercindo approaches Francesco with a business proposition. At this point, Matteo is already married with Rosana, with whom he is expecting a son, and Giuliana had a daughter, Annie, with Marco. But when the real desires of Giuliana and Matteo's son is uncovered, the marriage of Francesco and Jeanette falls apart, and Giuliana also separates from Marco. The story concludes with Giuliana marrying Matteo and them expecting a child together, and Matteo adopts Aniña. Moral issues arise which produce fruitful debate for the television viewers. There are no simple answers because none of the characters or issues are strictly right or wrong, black or white. The issues and personalities are gray and will cause the viewers to change their minds during the storyline. Cast Ana Paula Arósio as Giuliana Splendore Thiago Lacerda as Matteo Battistella Carolina Kasting as Rosana Telles de Aranha Marcello Antony as Marco Antônio Magliano Antônio Fagundes as Gumercindo Telles de Aranha Débora Duarte as Maria do Socorro Teles de Aranha Raul Cortez as Francesco Magliano Ângela Vieira as Janete Magliano Maria Fernanda Cândido as Paola Paloma Duarte as Angélica Teles de Aranha Gabriel Braga Nunes as Augusto Marcondes Antônio Calloni as Bartolo Migliavacca Lu Grimaldi as Leonora Cláudia Raia as Hortênsia Odilon Wagner as Altino Marcondes Elias Gleizer as Padre Olavo Raymundo de Souza as Renato Roberto Bonfim as Agente Justino Jackson Antunes as Antenor José Dumont as Batista André Luiz Miranda as Júlio Francisco Santana (Tiziu) Débora Olivieri as Inês Danton Mello as