Orlando Parolini

Transposition of the myth of Faust to modern Brazil. The heir to a bankrupt cigarette factory, amidst a personal crisis, leaves everything behind and heads for a supposed paradise he has seen in a tourist agency, where he believes he could find self-knowledge. In his search, he is inspired by a Mephisto-like character. (imdb)

Sandra is a rich widow who wants to know the beach house her late husband has left her. She goes there with her lover Odilon, an unscrupulous young man whose studies she's supporting. In her way to the house, she meets a couple of hippies, looking for a place to stay. During their stay in the house, all these characters clash, in unusual and funny ways, including some disgusting tourists, three young women on vacation, the police, prostitutes, a reporter for a communist magazine and many others (imdb)

Unemployed professor, Fernando is sustained by his factory worker girlfriend Rita. One day they go out to an afternoon picnic with a couple of friends, sexist and reactionary Luís Carlos and inexperient Lilita. Luís Carlos seduces Lilita and gets her pregnant. After telling the girl to get an illegal abortionhe asks Fernando to take care of the situation (letterboxd).

One of the first Brazilian movies to conjecture about contraculture and its reflexes on the behaviour of a generation. A tribute to the late poet and friend Orlando Parolini.