Madalena and Eduardo are in love, but their future is at risk when he accepts to follow a competitive cycling career, and she rejects to be a stage actress. He will be acclaimed during the Portugal Tour, and she becomes jealous, knowing that he is having an affair with Dina, a stage actress in Lisbon. Madalena braves to leave her peaceful town of Alcobaça, accepts a humble position as chorus girl in the same theatre where Dina works. Soon Madalena ascends is more popular than herrival Dina. She is not happy yet.