Procópio Mariano

An unhappily married cleaning woman in the slums of Rio entices all the money and gifts she can out of an elderly widower.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Betty Faria

A long time public servant is told by an angel that he will die at midnight of the following day.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Fregolente

In 1910, in the State of Paraíba, Brazil, a man is expelled from his own land by the ruthless colonel who owns the sugar mill. He asks some...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jofre Soares

Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollywood star.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Marília Pêra

Rio de Janeiro crooks rove about, performing petty tricks to survive, and get involved with a woman who steals cars.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isabel Ribeiro

A poor man from the North Zone of Rio, head of a family, Roy struggles in every way to survive and accepts a job as a professional laugher on a TV...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Paulo Hesse

Based on the true events that took place in the 70s, in Rio de Janeiro. The body of beautiful girl Cláudia Lessin Rodrigues, actress...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kátia d'Angelo

Middle-class family reform their apartment, and the noise, the contact with the workers and strange occurrences turn what was supposed to be a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Fernanda Montenegro

The dictator of a small Caribbean island receives the New York Times daily, sent by a nephew. Through the newspaper, he gets in touch with the world....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Rubens Correia

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Nathália Timberg

Two students make a date in a secluded cave behind their school, where they could be undisturbed. But on arrival they see a corpse. They run to...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: André Barros

Two criminal friends pick up two women.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jussara Calmon

70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jofre Soares

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Flávio Migliaccio

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Antônio Pitanga

Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Milton Gonçalves

A newlywed woman, frustrated after her honeymoon, decides to search for lovers on the streets and ends up causing a conflict between her husband, a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Paulo César Peréio

When Cunda, a man living deep in the Brazilian rainforest, is bitten by a snake, he has a hallucination of four chimpanzees. Once he recovers, he is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ben Kingsley

The youngest daughter of a rich man has been raped by five black men in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and her father arranges her marriage to one of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lucélia Santos

Based on real-life Brazilian bandit "Mineirinho", the film follows the story of Zezé, a man falsely accused by sensasionalist press of being a...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Jece Valadão

After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Antônio Pitanga

João-Sem-Direção knows Carvalhaes that proposes a blow to him. John does not accept the proposal, but ends up earning a hefty...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Grande Otelo