Synopsis
Alongside her best friend Pituca, daughter of the mighty Colonel Epaminondas Napoleão and the astoundingly beautiful Madame Catarina, Serelepe, a clever boy with no father or mother, recounts the happenings of the fantastic village of Santa Fe with the allure of those who believe in a better world, and, in this meanwhile, reaffirms values that are usually lost when we reach adulthood.
The friendship between Lepe, the abandoned boy, and Pituquinha, the rich girl, is frowned by Colonel Epaminondas, who wants to see his daughter away from her little friend. Owner of most of the lands of Santa Fe, Epaminondas calls the shot ad if he were the city’s owner, aided by his henchman, Zelão.
His greatest political disaffection is the generous and hardworking Pedro Falcão, who elected his political protégé, the Mayor of Antas, and donated part of his land to build the store of Mr. Giacomo, the church of Padre Santo and the health center of Doctor Renato Married to the dedicated Dona Tereza and father of Gina, a young girl raised as a boy who knows how to work the fields and shoot much better than many men in town, Pedro Falcão further deepens the political differences with Colonel Epaminondas when he decides to donate
land for the city hall to build the first school of Santa Fe.
The arrival of Professor Juliana, a polite young woman in the delicate manners and looks of a pop princess, tears the village in two sides. She poses an unexpected challenge for Epaminondas: love. Impacted by the sight of the most beautiful woman who ever set foot in Santa Fe, Zelão, the illiterate henchman feared for overseeing and harassing the farm workers, falls in love with Professor Juliana.
In this modern fairy tale, in which Zelão’s love for Juliana and the friendship between Lepe and Pituquinha outline the story, themes of social relevance were the backdrop for the plot’s unfolding. Political corruption, illiteracy, underappreciation of teachers, strike, electoral maneuvers, labor laws, and the subordinate position of women in society underline the chapters, showing that this 2014 version of Meu Pedacinho de Chão, original 1971 novel, draws inspiration from contemporary Brazil which updates all the codes of the rural
universe.