The staff of a dubbing studio celebrates the announcement of a Brazilian dubbing of an acclaimed show called
The Mary Shadow Show. Mary Shadow is played by brazilian biggest rockstar,
Rita Lee. To dub the main character, Dalila (
Zezé Motta) indicates her neighbor Marialva (
Marília Pêra), who adopts the name "Mary Mattos" as she dreams about becoming a Hollywood star. Marialva lives tormented by the death of her former boyfriend, and finds refuge on Wallace (
José Wilker), a married man who promises he will abandon his family to live with her. Meanwhile, Pompeu (
Paulo José), the dubbing director falls in love with Marialva and says he will direct a film starring her. After some dates, Marialva asks Pompeu to go to
Jacarepaguá, the district where Wallace lives; when he notices she just wanted to Wallace, Pompeu abandons Marialva there. From the top of a tree, Marialva witnesses Wallace with his family as he dies of a heart attack. After this, Marialva says to Dalila she will quit from the job. When Dalila asks her to translate a letter from an American admirer, Marialva discovers
The Mary Shadow Show needs a new actress to play the role of Mary Shadow's maid. Without telling to no one, Marialva goes to Wallace's office, takes some money he had left, and travels to the United States aiming to get the role. In the end, Marialva gets the role and when a new episode from
The Mary Shadow Show arrives at the dubbing studio, Pompeu, Dalila and the rest of staff are thrilled. ==Cast==