Lua de Cristal

Plot

Maria das Graças is a country girl who has the dream of becoming a great singer. His mother sends it to the Rio de Janeiro so that she study corner. Maria staying in aunt's house, which is landlady of a building. The aunt is a very cruel woman and, along with her daughter and her son Maurice, makes Maria the maid of the house to meet your wishes. Thus, Maria loses the first interview Prof. school Uirapuru. But in the second gets a job as a student and begins to mingle with the school staff. She is looking for a job and get to know Bob, a waiter at Babalu bar. Bob is in love with her and you get an interview. With the help of Dudley, a child who had clung to Mary, she gets the job. She and the waiter make an appointment. But when Bob will get it watches Maurice that is kissing. He leaves disappointed but the next day she explains that her cousin was abusing her. Maria's song is delighted and makes the dead plants come to life. In the early days of employment, cousin appears with his gang and ready a mess in the cafeteria, destroying everything. When it comes Bartholomew, the bar owner, desperate with the injury, Maria explains that the fault is not Bob. Maria decides to pay the damage to the economies that his mother had given him. Also decides to give up your dreams and go home. When she's leaving, Maurice the kidnaps. Duda tells Bob that will rescue her. When they save, they decide to put on a show to raise money for the reconstruction of the bar.

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Release

The film held the record for the highest ticket-sales for 16 years, with over 920,000,000 spectators going to see it in the first week alone (the record was broken by the film Two Sons of Francisco (2 filhos de Francisco) in 2006).