History. Melodrama. Love. War. Cruelty. Passion.
A young Brazilian woman sails to Portugal with her widowed mother, but on the way, they learn their destination has been overrun by Napoleon's troops. Caught in the back and forth of war, the young woman falls in love with a Spanish soldier, but as the war draws closer, they flee to the Mediterranean, hoping to return to Brazil together. With the last of her resources, a collection of emeralds inherited from her father, the strength of her love is tested when things don't turn out quite the way the couple expects.