Small-town trickster Pedro Malasartes has to face two great enemies: Próspero, who will do anything to impede such a lazy, cowardly person like Malasartes from dating his sister, Áurea; and Death incarnated, who wants to take a vacation after two thousand years collecting lives and intends on tricking Malasartes into assuming his tedious job.

• Jesuíta Barbosa
• Isis Valverde
• Júlio Andrade
• Leandro Hassum
• Milhem Cortaz
• Augusto Madeira
• Vera Holtz
• Luciana Paes