Dias Gomes and Marcílio Moraes' version of the soap opera of the same name by Janete Clair shown in 1970, Irmãos Coragem features as central characters João (Marcos Palmeira), Jerônimo (Ilya São Paulo) and Duda (Marcos Winter), three brothers who threaten the dominance of the powerful farmer Pedro Barros (Cláudio Marzo), the highest authority in the fictional Coroado, in the interior of Minas Gerais, where the story is set.