A beautiful, intelligent and flirtatious young girl, Yonta, is secretly in love with a friend of her parents, Vicente, a hero of the war of independence. Vicente is unaware of her passion as she is of the love of a young man who sends her anonymous love letters.
Arco Iris, Eurocreation Productions, Hubert Bals Fund, Vermedia, RTP, Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC), Film4 Productions, Ministère de la Coopération