Cowboy Riobaldo is attracted to same sex Diadorim, not knowing that "he" is a girl dressed in man's clothes. After Diadorim's father is killed, she swears revenge, being joined by Riobaldo in this mission.
A large protest march of escaped slaves is an episode in the history of Chico Bondade and Boaventura, who had already become legendary for their difficult and daring missions.
Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their four eldest daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back from boarding school after killing a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events.
After his father's death, a prosperous banker, Fernando, takes over the bank with the support of his family and shareholders. But his actions lead to bankruptcy, and he faces the family's hardship. With his assets auctioned off, Fernando lives in a boarding house until he faces bankruptcy proceedings and is arrested.
For three days at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, amorous cross-fertilizations are intertwined with petty tricks against the backdrop of the famous carnival festivities. Three (sympathetic) accomplices are beaten to a punch in the hotel vault; three charming stewardesses are looking for entertainment, but their three Carioca host, musicians Tom Jobim, Luiz Bonfá, and João Gilberto, are married; a man, separated from his wife, wants to catch her in the act of adultery.
A man kills his wife on their wedding night, after discovering she had been unfaithful. After being acquitted, he moves to the country, where he becomes part of a love triangle.
João Ninguém is a humble composer who made the waltz "Sonhos Azuis" as a gift to his girlfriend on her birthday. To give it to her, he asked for help from a friend, but on the way, an accident happens and puts at risk not only the relationship, but also João's life and career.
The story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the path to become Lampião, the greatest leader of the cangaceiros - bandits who roamed the Northeast of Brazil until the late 1930s.
A poor woman passes herself as singer that just arrives from Frances and becames a sensation on Rio de Janeiro's high society.
Shares 3 cast members · Same director
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
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West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition.
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Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.
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Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.
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In a small village, a lonely fisherman yearning for a son is drawn to an ethereal light that links him to others and their long-buried secrets.
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American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-old girl intent on reuniting with her sister in the United States.
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An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The lack of costumes, real props and scenery is soon forgotten.
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A scientist swaps the mind of banker and an idiot by accident.
An adaptation of Machado de Assis' eponymous short story, preceded by a short telling of the author's life and works.
Sinfonia Amazônica, or Amazon Symphony, was Brazil's first animated feature-length film, produced entirely by Anélio Lattini Filho over five years and finished in 1951. Like Disney's Fantasia, it tells several folk stories over orchestral music.
The Companhia de Esquetches Musicados do Teatro 'Brasil' is in crisis. After the debut of a new play failed, impresario Artur Fernandes, despite protests from Nini del Mar—the company's star—decides to hire Vitorino, the only writer who understands the audience's tastes and the company's artistic capabilities, to write the next play.
Four men, known for their reckless actions, are arrested one night after ruining a dinner party. They are soon released and go to visit their uncle who is sick. The four of them decide to travel to Africa to try to find a cure for their uncle, but they get into a big mess.
To preserve the happiness of his home, a detective transforms himself into different characters: a brave mexican, a French compliment, a tough German and a smiling lady.
Tristão dos Prazeres is a television consultor who is very popular amongst married women. In his show, he defends his theory that jealousy is a small feeling, a "termite" that destroys relationships. However, once he suspects his wife to be cheating on him, he gets enraged and sends his butler to investigate.
Cacareco is a clumsy worker at a dry cleaners who constantly causes losses for his boss, the Portuguese Rebuçado. One day, he receives a package from his relatives in the north: Maria do Socorro, his goddaughter. Pursuing his dream of working in television, Socorro ends up involving Cacareco in numerous disputes, including fights, robberies, and gambling in an underground casino.
On the day of Pedro Boiadeiro's wedding, a band of cangaceiros who survived the Angicos massacre invade his home, then proceed to beat him up, and abuse and murder his wife. Pedro sets out to get revenge on each one.
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
A cleaner accidentely stills a secret formula and get mistaken for the heir prince of an old kingdom.
Barber's jeep crash against crazy scientist's house, where the latter was building a time-machine. The crash triggers the machine, taking them to Gaza kingdom, circa 1153 B.C., where they get involved in many funny situations. Spoof of Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah
A wealthy sugar mill owner, widowed and living with his only son, suffers from profound melancholy. To alleviate his suffering, he seeks entertainment in the form of any jerk willing to lend a hand. Among the many candidates his secretary presents to fill the "position", a certain "Penguin", who along with his sister "Picolé" lives on the favela hill under the protection of a kind Portuguese shopkeeper, completely pleases the "sovereign" of sugar. With "Penguin"'s entry into the court as the sugar king's "fool", great transformations take place in the home of the wealthy misanthrope.
Crime-picture dealing with car thieves.
Zé da Bomba dreams of being rich, and his neighbour dreams of being an artist and having an affair with him.
