Miriam Pires

Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.

Cida is black, is 40 years old and works for Maria, an 80 year old woman, widow and childless, who is extremely racist. The mistress gloats about the maid, who puts up with being mistreated in silence, but finds a form of revenge in a game of chess.

Moments before turning 90 years of age, Alberto remembers his life, lived in Copacabana, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The film is a comedy about old age nowadays, with Copacabana as a background.

Worker Norival's life turns upside down when he is caught kissing his co-worker Catarina during work hours. He is fired for just cause and faces the hardships of the labor lawsuit he filed against the company.

In this highly stylized Brazilian drama a sax player fondly remembers one wonderful night spent with his life's love and decides to find her again. He embarks upon a quest through the wild streets of Rio to find her. Along the way he meets an assortment of odd urban underworld characters.

Rich girl travels with her fiancé (a cousin) to the family farm, where they're going to marry. But finds another cousin in love with her who does everything to hamper the wedding.

호모인 모리나(윌리암 허트 분)는 반도덕 범죄자로 기소되어 복역 중, 감방 동료로 발렌틴(라울 줄리아 분)이라는 진보주의 정치범을 맞게 된다. 섬세한 감성의 모리나는 매일 밤 어둠 속에서 나찌 장교와 프랑스 레지스탕스 여인의 비극적 사랑을 담은 영화 이야기를 들려주며 고문으로 처참하게 망가진 발렌틴의 상처를 어루만져준다. 모리나에 대한 거부감이 연민으로 바뀌면서 둘 사이에는 우정이 싹트고, 발렌틴이 육체와 정신의 건강을 되찾고 모리나를 이해할 즈음에는 사랑의 감정이 싹튼다. 모리가 출감하는 날 발렌틴은 동지이자 연인인 리디아(안나 마리아 브라가 분)에게 메세지를 전해줄 것을 부탁한다. 모리나는 자신이 미행당하는 것을 알면서도 발렌틴에 대한 애정으로써 약속 장소로 향한다.

The youngest daughter of a rich man has been raped by five black men in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and her father arranges her marriage to one of his employees in order to save the family’s honor.

70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age.

Carlos and Suely are a normal couple. He has some extramarital adventures and she's a standard housewife. During a Carnival, when he goes out wearing a vampire costume, Suely decides to follow a friend's advice and go for it. On Ash Wednesday, he finds her with an odalisk costume on and happier than usual.

A German family moves to a small town in the interior of the state of Paraná, Brazil, and buys a hotel there, which soon becomes sort of a meeting point for Nazi sympathizers.