Alcione Araujo

Policarpo is a chauvinistic patriot, a major who tries to find solutions for Brazilian problems using only the resources of his own country. His visionary and idealistic temperament is behind his strange ideas about how to build a great nation. (imdb)

Terrorist takes his son out from the boarding school, and puts him temporarily in a friend's luxury and empty apartment in Copacabana beach. The son knows very little about his father, and the latter cannot really explain his activities to his son, fearing for his security. So the young man stands alone in the huge apartment, waiting for the infrequent meetings with his father, without really knowing what's going on. (imdb)

The Brazilian Faca de Dois Gumes stars Paulo Jose as a cuckolded husband. When he can stand no more humiliation, Jose kills both his wife and her lover. It is to be expected that Jose would run afoul of the law for this act of violence. But what Jose never suspected was that the man he killed had criminal connections, meaning that now he's been targeted by the crooks as well. (All Movie Guide)

Five stories by Brazilian writer Guimarães Rosa: in the hinterland of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a man fears for his life after having killed one of the dire Brothers Dagobé, outlaws who have great influence over the region; a hitman asks a doctor what's the meaning of a name he has heard; in a farm, the landowner decides to share the use and property of the estate among his employees; a man falls in love with a girl, but she's said to have a dreadful disease; and the local butcher spend (imdb)

In Vitória, the middle-age piano teacher Gertrudes sublets her apartment to two younger women, the unstable Lúcia and the nurse Madalena. Gertrudes misses and daydreams her former love and has a motherhood relationship with Lúcia; Madalena has a promiscuous life, having one night stand with the most different men every day and her behavior is criticized by Gertreudes; and Lúcia is dreamer that manipulates Gertrudes and expects that the handyman Alfredo becomes her prince charming. (imdb)

After an argument with an ex-girlfriend, a trucker leaves for one more trip. He had been asked to risk his life to deliver a cargo under almost impossible weather and time conditions by his boss and friend, and begins to question their friendship.