In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coastal town run by the local colonels.
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Studio: Sultana, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Keyword: adultery, based on novel or book, romance, interracial romance, sex comedy, 1980s, sexual discovery, brazil, pornochanchada, paraty, rio de janeiro, brasil
- Cast: Sônia Braga, Marcello Mastroianni, Antonio Cantafora, Paulo Goulart, Tania Boscoli, Nicole Puzzi