Caco Antibes (Miguel Falabella) and his wife Magda (Marisa Orth) lived in a luxurious mansion in the Jardins in São Paulo until the IRS discovered bankruptcies in Caco's personal accounts and they were evicted from the mansion and their property was confiscated. They went to live in the apartment of Magda's uncle Vanderlei Mathias (Luis Gustavo)--the Vavá--and her mother Cassandra (Aracy Balabanian). Vavá, a bachelor who owns a tourist agency that swings between going well and not going well, hardly rejoices at the family's arrival, considering them "a bunch of crazy irresponsibles." Lazily they live off of Vavá while Caco creates ideas for easy money.