The Spanish Infanta Carlota Joaquina is promised to D. João VI at the age of 10. Forced to leave for Portugal, Carlota suffers a great disappointment when she meets her promised prince. With the death of D. José, Carlota Joaquina and D. João VI inherit the Portuguese crown. However, frightened by the French Revolution and the approach of Napoleon's army, they decide to flee to their colony: Brazil.

Three stories of infidelity unfold: a man falls for a married woman, a young girl draws the gaze of her sister’s fiancé, and a husband takes his unfaithful wife hostage after discovering her affair with his best friend.

巴西女导演Helena Solberg作品，改编自巴西小说家Helena Morley的日记式自传体小说《海莲娜-莫蕾日记》，影片公映后反响不错并获得多个巴西国内影节的大奖。
The day-to-day life of a young girl in the town of Diamantina, Brazil, on the end of 19th Century, based on real life diaries. The movie is based on the novel "Minha Vida de Menina" (The Diary of Helena Morley) wrote by Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (under the pen name Helena Morley).