Portugal, 1968. Salazar, the fascist dictator who reigned the longest time in the world, falls from a chair and suffers a stroke. When he returns to the São Bento mansion to convalesce, he is no longer President of the Council. But no one tells him the truth: not his faithful housekeeper Maria de Jesus, nor his maids Aparecida, Socorro, and Teresinha, nor his personal doctor. For two years he lives under a meticulously constructed illusion, believing he is still President, until his death in 1970.

A resistência e luta antifascista, centrada a norte de Portugal, durante os 13 anos que antecederam o 25 de abril de 1974. Esta série de cinco episódios abarca os últimos anos da ditadura de Salazar/Caetano (1961-1974).