First Assistant Director
Graça is a single mother who works as a massage therapist and lives with her two children: Moreno, 8, and Papoula, 15. One day, in a visit to the doctor, Graça is diagnosed with a brain aneurism that may rupture at any moment. Desperate about who will take care of her kids in the event of her death, she decides to go after her brother, Luiz Carlos, whom she hasn't seen in over 15 years due to a quarrel. When they meet, however, Luiz Carlos has become Gloria, a beautiful and successful transvestite, who now owns a restaurant and brags about being independent. At first, Gloria is unwilling to reconnect with her family; but as she becomes more guilt-stricken, she accepts Graça's invitation to meet her nephews and eventually realizes that maybe, to be complete, she needs to become a mother.
First Assistant Director
Jorge es capitán del BOPE, uno de los cuerpos de policía de élite más respetados de todo el mundo. En las vísperas de la Copa del Mundo que se celebra en su país, entra en una favela de Río de Janeiro contraviniendo las órdenes de sus superiores. Allí se encuentra con un jugador argentino secuestrado al cual libera. Se trata del mejor jugador de la selección argentina, y como es un rival directo toda la nación empieza a odiar a Jorge. Tal es así, que lo tienen que despedir de su trabajo, y todo por cumplir con su deber. El Papa va a acudir a la Copa del Mundo, y Jorge descubre que unos traficantes tienen un plan para asesinarlo. A pesar de que su país no se ha portado muy bien con él, no puede dejar que asesinen al Papa en el Mundial. Por eso, reúne a un equipo un tanto pintoresco, el cual puede ayudarle a impedir que Brasil se haga famoso por ser el lugar en donde asesinaron al Papa.
Assistant Director
Elvis & Madona is a romantic comedy that deals with an unusual subject in a delicate and realistic way: a love story between young lesbian Elvis and a transvestite Madona. The story takes place in Copacabana, neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The screenplay comprehends a full array of human types and, by following the journey of both protagonists, illustrates the conflicts generated by the evolution of behavior and custom. It is a modern and agile picture, and its soundtrack will follow the latest musical trends. Nevertheless, it is essentially a love story, proving that love can exist in any situation.
Second Assistant Director
A 50 year-old woman who analyses her past. She pictures herself when she was 20 years old and she re-creates the story of her life through a game of innumerous possibilities. What if she wouldn't have gone to that ball? What if... instead of meeting the man of her life, with whom she married and had kids, she would have called a girlfriend and they went to the theater? What would be her destiny? What would have happened? In the plot the present talks to the past. A young woman projects her future in a fascinating game between memories and desires.
