Pedro Paulo's father is a sophisticated tailor, the Argentine Juan (Alberto de Mendoza), who has an atelier in the same building where Mary Anne's English School in located. A sliding elevator door puts a stop to both Pedro Paulo and Mary Ann's loneliness. They get close, unbeknownst to the fact that their lives will be even more intertwined with the interference of many other characters and incidents. Among Mary Ann's private students are the dreamer Nadice (Drica Moraes), who believes she's found the love of her life over the Internet. Mary Ann helps her student in keeping a virtual romance with Gary, a Soho artist with hair down to his waist, who fell for Nadine when she told him she'd won a Girl from Ipanema beauty pageant five years before.

Her group of students also includes Acácio (Alexandre Borges), Rio's biggest soccer scorer, who's been sold to an English team. He needs to improve his vocabulary so as to make himself understood, especially on the field. Gordo (Sérgio Loroza) is Acácio's loyal manager and childhood friend, in charge of all the player's interests. Additional characters include Sharon (Giovanna Antonelli), a snobbish, yet competent law intern, whose heart beats for Roberto (Pedro Cardoso), Pedro Paulo's brother. When Nadine decides to travel to New York to look Gary up, the travel agent who sells her airplane ticket is Tânia, Pedro Paulo's former wife.