In the time of King Leonardo, a war and the plague that accompanied it depopulated Traslândia. Ignoring these tragic events, Queen Isménia, Princess Camila and lady-in-waiting Narcisa, coming from a distant kingdom, arrive in Traslândia, when the war approaches the end.

Artur is in Lisbon for his holidays, wonders aimlessly, and is picked up by Rui, a young man who is into marketing and advertising. Joana is in Lisbon for holidays, but also trying to escape from a mysterious, dark passion. Artur and Joana come together, find common roots in their rural background.

A colonel working for Censorship, widower, learns that his wife read banned books in his absence, "New Portuguese Letters" and "My Lady of Me". The colonel will discover the woman he did not know in life through the poems that she read. As the revolution arrives in April 25, 1974, the Colonel will remain true to their convictions although the poems have already influenced his own life.