Roberto Santos

Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies is bitten up and left for dead. He is rescued by a couple of humble small farmers who nurse him for a long time until he is well again... (imdb)

After the death of the philosopher Quincas Borba, his friend and disciple Rubiao inherits all he possessed: his fortune, his dog, his philosophy and the germ of his madness. Rubiao's passion for Sofia, a friend's wife, places him at the center of a game in which she is the main piece while he is the only one who ignores the rules. The story of a dreamer and delirious man facing a reality to which he is not prepared. (imdb)

On the day of his wedding, young man from a family of immigrants faces some problems to get the money needed for the last arrangements. The family do what they can in order to honour the great event, selling personal belongings and buying enough supplies for a decent party. (imdb)

"As Cariocas" is a dramatic comedy, presented as three different episodes, based on stories by Stanislau Ponte Preta. (imdb)

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

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)

A curious story: it rains whenever a couple of lovers meet. Against the weather forecast, it rains all over the city. And as the love grows, the stronger becomes the rain. Found by a television crew, they receive the title of "Rain Lovers", and their dates become public spectacles. But all the commercialization starts to cool off their relationship, and the rain doesn't come anymore. (imdb)

Solano is often plagued by nightmares in which, during the Middle Ages, he is pursued by the hunter Faro, who intends to kill him. On discovering, in an antiquarian, a tapestry that represents a hunt and that reminds him of his dream, he tries to buy it, but the owner refuses to sell it.

A poor and beautiful young woman living in the backwoods of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is protected by a peasant.