 Rosa having arrived to babysit, Antonia then goes to a formal reception where she pleads with her brother (Filipe Correia), a minister in the government, to release one of her students who had been arrested by the DGS (secret police).Filipe refuses to help and returns to his conversation with Brigadier Pais.The head of the DGS (Salieri) is also present at the reception; he recognises Antonia and subsequently assaults her in a toilet.