Carla Civelli

A young woman obsessed with true crime overhears two men in a restaurant plotting a murder.

A young woman obsessed with true crime overhears two men in a restaurant plotting a murder.

Documentary about influential Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre, made in his country house in Apipucos, Pernambuco (Northeast Brazil).

A 10-minute portrait of modernist poet and de Andrade’s godfather, Manuel Bandeira, is clear in its affection for it subject, though like many New-Waveish films of the time, depicts the modern urban landscape as an ominous and alienating force.

This comedy tells the confusion created by Dante Rossi, owner of a pizza restaurant in Braz, namesake of a powerful industrial São Paulo. This coincidence, arranged by good luck, enabled him to lie for many years, writing letters to his brother in Italy in which he said that he had "made America". His brother, delighted with so many wonders, decides to visit the fake millionaire. But Dante can borrow with other immigrants without fortune, but attached to the idea of appearing great life.

1953 Brazilian soccer drama.

Aquiles Taveira is a civil servant harassed by his own family's financial demands. Tired of it, he decides to fake an embezzlement at his work and runs away to the seaside resort of Guarujá, where he manages to live peacefully, for too short a time.

Country girl arriving in a big town falls in love with her boss, without knowing who he was.

In a hospital bed, Eduardo, a married man, remembers his involvement with the young Anita, until their downfall.

In a small town in São Paulo State, everyone lives happily: Tinoco and his bride Joan, Lollipop and Nha Barbina. One day come the men in charge of opening a railway arrive bringing with them trouble. Paul, one of the engineers, Joan tries to alienate Tinoco, who is accused of stealing money. Workers go to jail. Tinoco is delegated to investigate the case, to prove that their innocence.

In a workshop there are six workers, the six are brothers. Enter the mother who asks them to rescue the seventh brother, the youngest, Luis. The brothers hesitate because the youngster keeps getting into trouble, but they end up giving in to the request. Gangsters are fighting in a bar and the workers end up getting into the fray.