Gustavo Dahl

Miguel Horta, a young opposition politician, decides switch of party to infiltrate the government by thinking that only within the power could do something for the public cause. One day receives the visit from a ward heeler saying that scabs are trying to overthrow the board of the union, because a bill which he authored. Despite appeals from Clara, his wife, Miguel goes to the union, where workers are in a general meeting.

During the President of Valdivia's official visit to Brazil, Minister of Energy dies in a terrorist action, and the President suffers a heart attack. A diplomat tries to minimize the scandal, since the press starts writing about the First Lady and the President's mistress. (imdb)