Latoya (Zezeh Barbosa) sells her mother's household for sale without consulting her, in reference to the classic telenovela Vale Tudo (1988).
Naíde (Maria Gladys) rips her gown apart while fleeing her disastrous wedding ceremony. This was in reference to Selva de Pedra (1986), wherein series creator Miguel Falabella portrayed Miro.
Indigenous representatives criticized a sequence in which Adalgisa and Adail destroy Índia's dress. This was done in reference to Cendrillon (1950).
One of Wagner Moura's only two credits on a Brazilian telenovela. He would also star in Paraíso Tropical (2007), and later move on to foreign film and TV productions.