1999 年，一名妇女在一场与两名银行劫匪相撞的车祸中幸存下来后，她的生活发生了永远的改变，两名劫匪请求她帮助将钱带到巴黎的一个银行。途中，她遇到了另一名逃犯——一名从中央情报局逃亡的美国医生。他们想要没收他父亲的发明——一种可以让任何人记录自己的梦想和愿景的装置。

Ana Maria loves a modest guitar player, Júlio; when she herself in a 'retiro' (typical fado tavern), public and critics rend major applause. Fame brings about new friends, namely bohemian young who play and sing the fado with her, and not so young men but who rich and powerful enough to patronize her, promote her, and wish to become intimate with her. Júlio the guitarist feel betrayed, and he sets his mind to depart to the African colonies, to leave her forever. Knowing that he's going to embark, Ana Maria's heart between her first love, and the appeal of the rich and famous.

1975 film by Pedro Olea