Roberto Bataglin

A semi-documentary on the people of Rio de Janeiro. The camera follows boys from a hillside shanty town who sell peanuts at Copacabana, Sugar Loaf Mountain, and a soccer game. Various subplots, involving characters they meet along the way, are interspersed. (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 problematic son of a wealthy businessman becomes obsessed by his stepmother and gets involved with a group of criminals as he tries to eliminate her lover - but can he remain unscathed?

While navigating from Rio de Janeiro to Vitória, the stewards Didi (Renato Aragão) and Dedé (Dedé Santana) and the inexperienced captain of the passenger vessel Anna Neri flirt with a group of models. In the return trip, Didi and Dedé simulate that the ship is sinking, and with another steward, they kidnap the captain and use a liferaft to go to a desert island with four models. But the island is the hidden place of a dangerous gang of smugglers, jeopardizing the group. (imdb)

Unhappy with what he'd got from life, Pedro Diabo becomes a dread outlaw, whom the police is looking for. In his life of crime, he has the love and support of a strange woman, Rosa Meia-Noite, chorus girl who likes to wear rich costumes in Carnival Balls. (imdb)

In São Paulo, during the 1920s, a woman who is loved by a telegraphist and seduced by a slacker ends up in prostitution. (imdb)

Wind North is the first feature film made in Rio Grande do Sul, filmed in the Torres area. It tells the fishermen's daily struggle in the gaucho coast. Life gets more difficult when a windstorm hits the region, bringing misery. The arrival of an unknown further undermines the community and leads men to react violently.

Tired of the frenetic and futile way of life of big cities, a famous movie actress returns to the small town of Cataventos, her hometown, as a way to reconnect with her past lifestyle. However, as local politicians uncover her plans to spend a season in the city, they seek to capitalize on the star's presence in the region as much as possible, as a way to use her influence to defend their favorite causes. (adorocinema)

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.