Ana Jacinta of São José is harshly condemned by society in her small town after being kidnapped, abused, and losing her virginity. As vengeance against all who scorned her, even her former fiancé, Antônio, she reinvents herself as the powerful courtesan Dona Beja and opens a lavish brothel that exposes the hypocrisy of the patriarchal world, bringing all men who cross her path to their knees and showing a path to empowerment through the feminine force that lives within every woman.