To defend the humble Soró Sereno in a traffic accident, the mysterious Ciro Cerqueira, a bus driver, ends up getting involved with the traditional italian family of Mamma Vittoria Cantarelli, owner of a chain of canteens in which he starts to work as an executive, and is torn between the love of the matriarch's granddaughters, the responsible Luísa and the seductive Bruna, a woman who spares no effort to get what she wants.

Um acidente de trânsito em Madureira, bairro da Zona Norte do Rio de Janeiro, entrelaça os rumos do motorista de ônibus Ciro, do transportador Soró e da rica e autoritária Bruna.