Carlos Kroeber

Based on an actual historical incident, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade's stylish, subversive The Conspirators is set in the late 18th century, when a group of provincial intellectuals, inspired by the revolutions in France and the U.S., plots an uprising to liberate Brazil, only to be brutally crushed by the Portuguese colonial authorities. (myTelus.com)

A decadent hooker, her pimp and the bordello's gay cleaner fight over the gigolo's missing money, with the utmost mental cruelty.

In a country town in the state of Minas Gerais , Brazil, Januária is going to marry the shy and naive Amorim. But in her heart she wants to escape with her dream hero, the cowboy Roy Pereira, and start a new life in Texas. (imdb)

Newly wed arrives at her husband's family house, in the country. The heavy atmosphere of the house frightens her, and she takes refuge in her homosexual son-in-law's room, who is kept locked and hidden from society. A tragedy occurs, causing her departure. She's only to return seventeen years later, and sick. (imdb)

Caught in a compromising situation, couple is blackmailed but, since they don't accept to play the game, their daughter is kidnapped and may be killed. (imdb)

Two young men in search of adventure meet Iracema, a bride who's been left waiting at the church. They give her a ride on their jeep, until they find the most strange family: a couple with seven girls and a son. According to popular tradition, a man born after seven girls is bound to become a werewolf. (imdb)

The biography of controversial Brazilian artist Luz del Fuego (her artistic name), highlighting her eccentric lifestyle and public manifestations. As in the film, she is best remembered for being ahead of her time, and for her public outcry (also the movie's tagline): Todo Mundo Nu! (Everyone get naked!). She was also an ardent activist of nudism, in an era where nudism was not exactly embraced. (imdb)

Joana is a sophisticated, beautiful woman, so she has a choice of lovers, and destinies. She will let down Pierre, the French consul at Sao Paulo, and with him the frivolity of tea-parties and comfort. Her wild inner-soul will develop into the wild forest surroundings of a landlord's farmhouse..... (imdb)

With rich and poor united by the same trickery, the film tells a story of conflicts and contrasts at the confluence of the Rio's neighborhood of Leblon and Ipanema. There, face to face, live opposing social categories, with the thread of the memory of a beggar and the curiosity of a student.

Galanga, king of Congo brought to Brazil as a slave, finds gold in Vila Rica, in the State of Minas Gerais, and buys his enfranchisement, the properties of his former owner, and his companions' freedom, becoming Chico Rei, the first black man to own lands in Brazil. Written by

Just before becoming a monk, a young man runs off his convent and goes to Rio de Janeiro where he repeatedly gets into trouble because of the "temptations of the flesh". (imdb)

The adventures of a boor who makes his way in the bourgeois world of a big town. (imdb)

The film tells the story of a criminal, the rise until the fall. (wikipedia)

Sugarcane mill is modernized by the owner's son, opposing his father's wishes. He is sent to study in a big city and, when Governor João Pessoa dies, he comes back to his hometown and his loved one, Soledade, trying to start a revolution in the sugarcane fields. But his father also loves Soledade, and they have to compete for her love. (imdb)

Carlos is fat, one wealthy family of fellow, but sad for rejection because of their weight. It is when he meets Sakhan fakir, a thin man, who struggle to live and left the northeast of Brazil to the big city.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the musician Pestana became famous in the halls of Rio de Janeiro with his popular songs. However, his greatest desire is to consecrate himself as a classical composer, which causes him inner conflicts.

Boy from a poor family loses his only asset: a colorless little horse that his imagination turns into a magical and colorful pretty stallion. To get his pet back, he leaves home and faces all dangers ahead with courage, getting involved in many adventures.