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- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsÁtila IórioMaria RibeiroOrlando MacedoA poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) wander about the barren land searching for a better place to live, with food and work. But the drought and misery destroy their hopes.
- DirectorAndré KlotzelStarsReginaldo FariaMarcos CarusoPetrônio GontijoFree adaptation of Machado de Assis's classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both.
- DirectorRoberto SantosStarsAdriana AbujamraBrigitte BroderLaura CardosoBased on a book by Machado de Assis (1839-1908) and adapted to the present time. After the death of the philosopher Quincas Borba, his friend and disciple Rubiao inherits all he possessed: his fortune, his dog, his philosophy and the germ of his madness. Rubiao's passion for Sofia, a friend's wife, places him at the center of a game in which she is the main piece while he is the only one who ignores the rules. The story of a dreamer and delirious man facing a reality to which he is not prepared.
- DirectorJúlio BressaneStarsKaren AciolyAnkitoHélio AryIrreverent adaptation of great writer Machado de Assis's masterpiece "Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas" ("Brás Cubas's Posthumous Memories"). A dead man tells about his love life and adventures, specially his affair with Virgília, a dubious married woman.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsNildo ParenteIsabel RibeiroElza GomesIt's Christmas Eve and country boy Nogueira wants to see the Missa do Galo ("Rooster's Mass) while he stays on his uncle house located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's capital back in the late 1890's. After a nice dinner with family and a friend of the family, he is left alone waiting for the midnight hour just to see the mass, while his uncle is out - possibly having an affair with another woman - and everyone else is sleeping. He spends the night reading a book. Conceição is the uncle's wife and after a sleepless night she stays with the young boy talking about all sorts of things. The long night provides many surprises for both of them.
- DirectorGeraldo VietriStarsBerta ZemelPaulo FigueiredoDina LisboaA young soldier returns from the Paraguay War and finds his betrothed married and also his secret crush equally committed to a widower who has a daughter. Things get complicated when he falls for the girl. An adaptation from Machado de Assis novel "Iaiá Garcia".
- DirectorAdnor PitangaStarsSandra BarsottiJosé WilkerMyriam PérsiaIn this comedy adaptation of Machado De Assis (1839-1908) novel, a young widow writes letters to a friend telling about her days as a married woman and the special relationship she had with Emílio, a friend of the couple who becomes her adoring lover.
- DirectorPaulo César SaraceniStarsIsabellaOthon BastosRaul CortezAdaptation of Machado de Assis's classic novel "Dom Casmurro". Bentinho and Capitu are friends since childhood and end up marrying. But Bentinho destroys his life when he starts suspecting Capitu has an affair with his best friend and that his son is not really his.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsNildo ParenteIsabel RibeiroArduíno ColassantiA new priest comes to a Brazilian coastal town and builds an insane asylum. Eventually the whole population ends up in the asylum.
- DirectorMiguel Faria Jr.StarsWalmor ChagasMarie ClaudeMaria Lúcia DahlAt the beginning of the 19th century, the musician Pestana became famous in the halls of Rio de Janeiro with his popular songs. However, his greatest desire is to consecrate himself as a classical composer, which causes him inner conflicts.
- DirectorMarcos FariasStarsIvan CândidoMaurício do ValleValmir DulcettiThe eternal love triangle in two different times. In 1871 and a hundred years later. Costumes change but the sentimental conflicts remain the same.
- DirectorSuzana AmaralStarsMarcelia CartaxoJosé DumontTamara TaxmanMacabea has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time she listens to time Radio Station; on Sundays she likes to ride the subways. She describes herself saying, "I am a typist and a virgin, and I like Coca-Cola." Then she meets Olimpico, a north-easterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a Congressman.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsCarlos VerezaGlória PiresNildo ParenteGraciliano Ramos' period he spent in prison after being considered a subversive element by the government.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsHugo CarvanaSônia DiasAnecy RochaThe life of Pedro Arcanjo, self-taught mestizo intellectual who in the first decades of the XXth century challenged racist ideas of the School of Medicine of Bahia and highlighted the importance of the blacks' contribution to Brazilian culture.
- DirectorJosé Leitão de BarrosStarsPaulo MaurícioAmália RodriguesBarreto PoeiraCastro Alves is the great poet of the black slaves' liberation, in 19th century Brazil. Eugenia Camara is the wild actress who crosses the Atlantic and finds herself torn between two loves, in a whirlwind of passion.
- DirectorJonaldStarsPaulo GracindoDulce NunesNelson Vaz
- DirectorAlfredo SternheimStarsHelena RamosMichel CohenOswaldo D'ávilaLúcia, a prostitute, the most rich and most beautiful woman in Rio de Janeiro, a single woman, until knows Paulo. With a relationship, the both walk together on a hard way, where the court makes awful comments about them. Is possible a prostitute live with only a man? Is possible live well with the court making awful comments?
- DirectorGeraldo VietriStarsElaine CristinaPaulo FigueiredoFlávio GalvãoA beautiful and poor woman buys herself a rich husband after inheriting a great deal of money.
- DirectorCarlos CoimbraStarsHelena RamosTony CorreiaCarlos KoppaThe loves and life of a beautiful Brazilian Indian woman.
- DirectorFauzi MansurStarsDavid CardosoDorothée Marie BouvyerFlávio PortoThe love affair between Ceci, a white woman and a handsome Indian, Peri, in Brazil.
- DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsOthon BastosIsabel RibeiroNildo ParenteThe story of Paulo Honório, a poor kid who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much attention to his wife, Madalena, a teacher who reacts against his tyrannical ways.
- DirectorWalter George DurstCassiano Gabus MendesStarsZulmira AguiarDionísio AzevedoJorge AzevedoThe siege of the residence of a political leader in the late 19th century, including conflicts between besieged occupants.
- DirectorDurval GarciaStarsRossana GhessaGeraldo Del ReyPereira DiasFamily of gauchos suffer repeated attacks from bandits. After saving the life of a semi-Indian, they decide to shelter him in their own family. But he falls in love with Ana Terra, the patriarch's daughter, giving rise to tragical events.