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- Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
- Jeca Tatu is a lazy, simple-minded guy who has his property threatened by the greed of a landowner.
- A poor girl must find the money to pay for her blind sister's eyesight operation.
- Two kids and a living, talkative doll attempt to catch a mulatto boy-like, supernatural one legged figure known as the Saci-Pererê, that enjoys playing pranks to the farms.
- Manicurist finds out she's the daughter of a rich baroness, and inherits her fortune. Now, she'll have to fight her mother's parents, with help from some of her friends.
- The boss of Gilberto, an exemplary employee, wants to marry him with his daughter, Elisabeth. But her cousin, an unattractive girl, appears to meet him. Gilberto, who leads a hectic life, knows Betty, independent girl by whom one falls in love. In the end, she discovers that she is the boss's daughter.
- A precious necklace is stolen during a convention at Quitandinha Palace, a hotel in which a wives conference is deciding whether or not unfaithful husbands should receive the death penalty.
- A backwoodsman enters the Marine Corps to please a sergeant, the father of his beloved, but is mistaken for his twin brother.
- The story of Passarinho, one of the most feared and dangerous Brazilian criminals. He and his gang terrorized São Paulo with their robberies for several years. Notorious for his acts of defiance against the authorities, Passarinho was the hottest news in town by a frantic media, and also managed to find love in the company of a hard working woman.
- A lady, owner of a large area of land where it is believed there are several oil wells, is almost fooled by the president of a pseudo petroleum company into giving up her property for nothing, but is saved by his son's noble intervention.
- Three singers, who call themselves "Trio Gerimum", arrive in Rio de Janeiro trying to succeed in their artistic career. They struggle with great difficulties and even sing on the streets. Chased by the police, they accidentally end up in a television studio, where they are mistaken for northeastern deputies. Settled the misunderstanding, they are hired by a TV commercial star to fake her kidnapping to promote her theatrical debut. Confusion escalates with the arrival of a crazy general, a group of bearded revolutionaries and an outlaw.
- Dona Xepa is a vegetable stand owner. She dreams about the success of her scientist son. The film is based on the play by Pedro Bloch.
- This pioneer animated feature-length film tells seven different amazon legends, connected by a native-brazilian boy called Curumi.
- A woman impressed by news reports about flying saucers, gets hit on the head by a vase, passes out and dreams that she is the 'Queen of Mars', from where she sends an expedition to Earth in order to bring back Rio's Carnaval to the planet.
- A piano expert finds a valuable necklace inside a baroness' instrument. Seen by the maid, who is a member of a group of thieves, he is chased by the gang and becomes an easy target. Fernando Rocha, Nova Friburgo, Brasil
- The siege of the residence of a political leader in the late 19th century, including conflicts between besieged occupants.
- The simple and naive country girl Mariana arrives in Rio de Janeiro from Minas Gerais trying to find her fiancé, José da Silva, with his picture only, and without his phone number or address. She is lodged and welcomed by her simple lower middle class relatives, and sooner they are informed that Mariana is pregnant. The family decides to help her to find José da Silva: her aunt, the kind hearted housewife D. Gisa: her cousins, the bus driver Baiano and the aspirant radio singer Elisa; the family's friend, the street-car driver Eduardo; and their neighbor composer, all of them join Mariana in her almost impossible quest, equivalent to find a needle in a haystack. When the shy Eduardo and the simple Mariana fall in love for each other, José da Silva is finally found. But the winding road of love keeps them together.
- Alligator raiser from the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, travels to his nephew's, and takes the maid Etelvina for his nephew's wife.
- Coronel Januário's daughter, Maria Fausta, is having a secret affair with João Galdino. While her father is engaged in his political campaign for mayor of the city, the couple disappear. Galdino, an accordionist who is secretly in love with her, goes looking for them.
- Taxi driver gets in a jam when he receives a lot of money as inheritance from a distant family member when in fact, the money came from a bank robbery.
- Unsuccessful music composer attempts suicide and moves to a new world where everything goes right for him.
- Somebody is selling songs for two recording companies, simultaneously. The owner of one of them hires a detective to find out the swindler's identity. But the private-eye is clumsy, and messes things up even more.
- A domestic worker from a country town goes to work at the residence of decadent nobles in the capital of the country where her employers' creditor falls in love with her and proposes marriage to her.