Mauricio Tizumba

Heleno de Freitas era o grande ídolo do futebol brasileiro nos anos 40 durante a II Guerra Mundial, quando dois campeonatos mundiais foram cancelados, 1942 e 1946. O sonho de Heleno era se tornar o melhor jogador brasileiro de todos os tempos, ganhando uma Copa do Mundo. Heleno viveu intensamente sua paixão por si mesmo e pelo futebol. Passou pelos campos e pela vida como um foguete endiabrado, apaixonado, perfeccionista, intolerante, impulsivo. Esse comportamento egoísta e agressivo teve um preço: sua vida.

Raimundo, film producer, asks financial aid to his friend and producer J.C. to evaluate his own project. J.C. conditions his support to a change in Raimundo's style. Raimundo will have to make a movie aimed to the general audience and following the old producer's book: violence, sex, non-actors and slum. Raimundo does what he says, but an unexpected fact threatens the film's conclusion.

Na varanda de uma fazenda, uma senhora conta histórias ao mesmo tempo em que corta e costura retalhos de pano, criando imagens que formam uma toalha. São quatro histórias de humor e magia. O casamento do pescador com Iara, a sereia dos rios. O coroinha de uma igreja que vê a procissão das almas. O encontro entre um Papai Noel de loja e um menino de rua e as aventuras de Zé Burraldo, sujeito ingênuo que sempre se deixa levar pelos outros.

A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being built, and the only way to prevent this is to prove the town's historical value. As most of the inhabitants are illiterate, they have no choice but to ask for the help of Antônio Biá, a man who has been ostracized ever since it was discovered that he had sent out letters with lies about their reputations as a way to keep his job in Javé's seldom-used post office. He now has the task of documenting people's memories of how the city was founded, yet each inhabitant has his or her own version of what happened.

Zé Rocha is a director trying to shoot his first film. He dreams of making a professional movie, and starts shooting in 35mm. But as his budget begins to fade, he changes to Black-and-White, then gradually down to 16mm, Super-8 and, in the end, to his despair, to the video format. With the help of Edna Marla, producer who is searching for the Holy Grail of a genuinely 100% Brazilian celluloid; Dona Martírio, his mother, former left-wing activist; Guará Rodrigues, an underground Brazilian movie star; and Lila Lessa, who stars in a 6 p.m. soap opera, they develop strategies and outlandish plans to win the insane battle of filmmaking in Brazil.