Lígia Cortez
Nacimiento : 1960-08-31, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Tia Vera
Caio and Mari are two young people living in a relationship that goes beyond any definition. Over ten years, the plot transits between three striking moments where their desires conflict and their relationship is put to the test. The film, originated from the short film of the same name in 2006, proposes a reflection on sexuality, labels and how time constructs and transforms relationships.
Los mejores amigos de São Paulo Julia, Micaela y Diego entran en la treintena completamente desprevenidos por las consideraciones de madurez adulta. Julia ha elegido permanecer ciega a las señales obvias de que su novio actual es un canalla de dos tiempos, pero sus ojos se ven totalmente abiertos cuando descubre que está embarazada de su hijo. Diego es un chico de fiesta con problemas con papá que no puede permanecer fiel a su dulce y confiable novio. Micaela, mientras tanto, está perdiendo el tiempo persiguiendo a una actriz bisexual que ni siquiera reconocerá su intimidad compartida en privado. A medida que estos tres carismáticos pero problemáticos amigos siguen haciendo girar sus ruedas, incluso sus propios lazos familiares elegidos son sometidos a pruebas de resistencia hasta el punto de ruptura.
Dona Lígia
Edgard works as a subordinate in the company of millionaire Werneck and is in love with Ritinha, a simple woman who works as a teacher to support her mother and her three sisters. One day, Peixoto, Werneck's son-in-law, makes him a proposal to marry Maria, the boss's daughter. The reason is that Maria was abused and now is being forced to marry by her family. Edgard hesitates first but accepts the offer. From then on he enters into a great doubt: should he deposit the check and marry Maria or stay with Ritinha, his great love?
Tia Iaiá
Un gran personaje, esencialmente brasileño, en un momento crítico de su vida en que lucha por lograr su libertad e integridad. El plano de fondo es un Brasil que acaba de abolir la esclavitud y de proclamar la República. Helena Morley comienza a escribir su diario, que nos revela su universo en un país que pasa por su adolescencia
Professora Miriam
After 20 years of exile in Paris, Gustavo returns to his native city São Paulo. Back home, he encounters a place which no longer exists. His old friends and family members have changed, almost beyond recognition. He tries to recapture the past, and make some sense of his life, that of his friends and family, and the present state of his native country.
TV reporter
A woman ready to move away from Brazil is kidnapped by her jealous ex-lover.
Theater director asks his actors for a research on human cruelty and misery in Brazil, while trying to raise funds for his next production, a play based on a story by Machado de Assis, "A Causa Secreta" (The Secret Cause). The troupe oblige and go around town witnessing long lines in National Health Services, inhuman conditions in public hospitals and poor people being constantly humiliated. They find people are becoming indifferent to human suffering.
Fátima
Collective film with five segments around the works and life of brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade.
The daily routine of a streetwise office boy, waiting in long lines, having to deal with some fishy situations, listening to music, and meeting people.