Based on Érico Verissimo's literary trilogy, Time and the Wind follows 150 years of the Terra Cambará family and their opponents, the Amaral family. The struggles between the two families begin in the missions and lasts until the end of the 19th century. The film also features the period of formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and the dispute of territory between the Portuguese and Spanish crowns.
as Bibiana Terra Cambará (idosa)
as Capitão Rodrigo Cambará
as Bibiana Terra Cambará (jovem)
as Ana Terra
as Bibiana Terra Cambará (adulta)
as Luzia Silva Cambará
as Bolívar Terra Cambará
as Marciano Bezerra
as Florêncio Terra
as Ana Terra (adulta)
as Henriqueta Terra
as Ana Terra (idosa)
as Ricardo Amaral
as Maneco
as Pedro Missioneiro (jovem)
as Coronel Amaral Neto
as Pedro Missioneiro (adulto)
as Licurgo Terra Cambará
as Maria Valéria Terra
as Bento Neto
as Padre
as Josefa Bezerra
as Nicolau
as Juvenal Terra
as Alice Terra
as Capitão
as Padre Otero (jovem)