Cristina Aché

The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured. But his fierce criticism of Portugal's élite led him to persecution and torture, becoming kind of a scapegoat. (imdb)

Movie actress gets her first big chance when invited to dub another actress who had commited suicide. But gradually, her personality begins to merge with the dead woman's. (imdb)

Rio de Janeiro police investigator Galvão is pursuing two trails, one professional and one personal. While he tracts a serial killer of taxi-drivers, he also seeks his estranged daughter, Sandra, who he had thrown out of the family home when she adopted a promiscuous teenage lifestyle...(imdb)

The gravedigger Zé do Caixão continues his search for the perfect woman to bear his son. (imdb)

Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. (imdb)

Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof. (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 strange world of a lonely widower and three women. Separated from his wife, Lalinha leaves the big city and spend a season on the farm's former father-in located in the hinterland of Minas Gerais. His presence arouses emotions in the strange people living in the quiet farm.

A group of young terrorists working for a mysterious entity, robbing banks, eliminating a mysterious person, and kidnapping a Japanese ship

Comedy in 4 segments. In "Arroz e Feijão", owner of a boarding-house seduces her young countryboy tenant. In "As Três Virgens" three spinsters are influenced by the behaviour of their teenager niece, whom they are lodging. In "O Arremate" a colonist turns his virgin daughter in to a landowner, to have his debts forgiven. And in "Vereda Tropical", a man becomes sexually obsessed by a watermelon, to the point of having sexual intercourse with it. (imdb)

Four bandits kidnap the son of a wealthy farmer. On the trail, they seek shelter in a lonely farm where they live a widow and her young granddaughter. One of the thieves starts a torrid affair with the girl, raising intrigues and ambitions. His partner then decides not to split the ransom money.

The relationship among three friendly couples turns upside down when two of the men get a job on TV. Their girlfriends leave them, looking for more action in their lives.

After being fired and having been a victim of an assault, in which he loses his car and all the money from the guarantee fund gained after years of work, Antonio sees no alternative but to make a robbery. In the middle of a flight, he encounters Julia ,a psychology teacher who ends up being held hostage by Antonio for 3 days. During this period, the two fall madly in love but do not know what to do with this relationship of fear, love and hate.

Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history.

Night falls when, in an elegant neighborhood of Porto Alegre, a socialite is brutally murdered. The entire police department act immediately to identify and arrest the killer. A man in his 35s wanders down a large avenue. Neither he can recognize himself in the objects he carries: a wallet full of bills, a theater entrance ticket, a bloodstained handkerchief. Crossing pedestrians for whom that night will be like any other, he seeks to recover his memory and identity. (imdb)