Roberto Miranda

There's the continent ruled by a repressive government and there's an island (the island of forbidden pleasures) where political activists of the continent take refuge on running away from the continent's police. This island is their last stand - there they live in a way not possible in the continent - free love, no possessions, brotherhood... (IMDB)

Luiz Antônio, a sociologist, had his political rights suppressed, during the Brazilian military dictatorship. Also, his wife Ruth had been tortured and killed. So he decides to hide in his niece Natércia and her husband Felipe's country house for a while. But she invites the intellectual Marcela and broker Ricardo for a weekend together. Luiz's world is upset and the existential problems of all get entangled, with unexpected results. (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)

After producing a successful underground snuff movie, were the lead actress is raped and killed, the Brazilian Miguel returns to São Paulo pretending to be the American director Michael Tracey and convinces his partner Bob Channing to cast and hire a crew to produce another movie. With attractive salaries, they hire the broken cinema technician Edson Lima and his assistant Juarez.

Antonio, not withstanding the romance between his daughter Patricia and Arthur, his servant, kills him ambushed. In a fit of somnambulism Patricia discovers the tomb of lover and bury the head in a vase. Ten years later, in an asylum, Antonio rent his old home to Celia and Fabio, newlyweds. Celia begins to hear the voice of Arthur and driven by hallucinations kills her husband. His uncle Roberto finds hallucinating and begins investigating the case.

The love affair between Ceci, a white woman and a handsome Indian, Peri, in Brazil. (imdb)

Mentally disturbed woman always ends up killing her lovers. (imdb)

A professional photographer specialized in nude pictures dreams of respectability and the beautiful college student next window.

Victor is a successful photographer of fashions, specializing in publicity photos. It engages lovingly in passing links with all models photographing while maintaining a jealous attitude toward Monica, his wife will not let her pose. However, Julius, his assistant, a fixed idea of shooting both Monica as Vanda, the lesbian sister of Charles the bookie models. Suddenly, the girls that Victor shoots begin to be killed violently, each crime has a different characteristic.

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.