Joana Fomm

Our story begins with Macunaima's miraculous birth to an old woman in a tiny jungle settlement. Born full grown, he discovers his life's purpose which leads him and his family/followers on a journey to the Big City. On the way, more miracles occur, but Macunaima still has the heart and mind of a child. In the Big City, he is co-opted by terrorists who enlist him in their revolutionary schemes. In the Big City he learns that nuts are not always food and other hilarious lessons of life. (imdb)

The true story of the boy who became famous when he was cast for the main part on the Brazilian film "Pixote". After the film was over, he tried to work as an actor on other projects, with little success. As time went by, he got involved with crime, and ended up shot by the police. (imdb)

Womanizer suddenly finds a woman who makes him change the way he looks at women. He falls in love, and believes she is in fact all women in one. Because of that, he has to face an important decision: to go on with his old life or embrace this special relationship and become a monogamous man. (imdb)

A mirror bought in an auction changes the life of an executive and his wife. They become sexually aroused under the influence of the strange object.

Poor and beautiful girl is hired by a sales promoter to advertise a new brand of soap. The success is immediate, but the need for a new face hinders her way to stardom. (imdb)

The universe of women struggling with power and money, who are in male hands. Humiliated and offended, the three women fall into prostitution outfits, with different results. (heco.com.br)

A music teacher gets locked outside of a friend's apartment, completely naked.

Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin. His fake burial is celebrated in high style and it doesn't take long before he starts getting himself into weird situations. (imdb)

Based on the poem by Vinicius de Moraes ''Balada das duas Mocinhas de Botafogo'', which begat the movie theme song, composed by Francis Hime and Vinicius de Moraes

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)

1950's. A bank manager lives embarrasing people due to his fetish for biting the hands of women. Based on the eponymous short story by Carlos Drummond de Andrade.

Driver of a leader of the left, Cesar joins a political movement of contestation. Its intention is to progress socially, but realizes that the other members to be excluded by only one driver. Indignant, he decides to change the rules of the game towards a unexpected outcome.

A severe episode of contamination by radioactivity occurred in Brazil. The contamination began on September 13, 1987, when a device used in radiotherapy of the premises of an abandoned hospital was found in the central part of Goiânia. The instrument irresponsibly left, was found by scavengers in a junkyard site, they understood that it was junk.

Face to face to reality. 12 itens, 12 directors, where there a merge is made between cinema-verite and fiction, cartoons and fantastic realism, and an infinity of other tendencies and manifestations of the free speech. A survey about Brazil during the 70s. An experiment about freedom.

Moments before turning 90 years of age, Alberto remembers his life, lived in Copacabana, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The film is a comedy about old age nowadays, with Copacabana as a background. (imdb)

Neglected wife tells husband about mysterious deaths occurred by the influence of Iemanjá, Afro-Brazilian deity, goddess of the waters. (imdb)

Unsuccessful thief returns to society after a period in jail and gets involved with a nightclub singer, who becomes his chance of leading a normal life.

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.

The creation of Babel scatters over the world men who speak different languages: all the faces, bodies and voices of Paulo José are embodied in the characters that the actor has played throughout his career in theater, television, and film. EVERY PAULO IN THE WORLD is a cinematographic essay about Paulo José, one of the greatest artists in Brazil, in the year in which he turns 80 years-old.