A wealthy landowner, "The Dauphin," enjoys a decadent life of hunting, drinking, and womanizing. He oversees his estate, the Laguna, with his barren wife, his one-armed manservant, and his treasured guard dog. When a sportsman (the film’s narrator) comes to the estate for his annual duck-hunting excursion, he discovers the body of the landowner’s wife floating in the lagoon and the manservant dead on his master’s bed. The Dauphin and his dog are nowhere to be found except for the mysterious barking sounds heard over the lagoon.
as Palma Bravo
as Maria das Mercês
as Aninhas
as Domingos
as Padre Novo
as Mulher Jovem
as Cauteleiro
as Dona da Pensão
as Regedor
as Camponesa
as Criada da Pensão
as Ex-combatente
as Virgínia
as barman
as Caçador/Narrador