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- DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsFernanda MontenegroPaulo GracindoIvan CândidoWoman who is obsessed with death wants a first-class burial for herself, and even buys a luxury coffin beforehand.
- DirectorJean GarretStarsBenjamin CattanFrancinette CostaLia FarrelA writer moves to an isolated beach house to write a new book, and gradually gets involved with his odd new neighbors.
- DirectorWatson MacedoStarsOscaritoGrande OteloEliana MacedoIn Buenos Aires, Frederico hides in a ship going to Rio de Janeiro to travel for free. But Azulão, the cook, finds him and blackmails him into working in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Alberto, the captain, receives a radio message saying that there was a dangerous international spy on board. Things get worse when some passports are mixed-up.
- DirectorCarlos MangaStarsOscaritoCyl FarneyZezé MacedoUFO falls on a hillbilly's hencoop and he tries to sell it. Soon international missions are sent to the place, for there's a suspicion it might be the famous Russian satellite, the Sputnik.
- DirectorBilly DavisStarsJece ValadãoOdete LaraLia RossiMillionaire Heitor Wernek asks his son in law Peixoto to look amidst his employees someone that could marry his youngest daughter Maria Cecília, who had her honour disgraced after she was raped by three men.
- DirectorRuy GuerraStarsNorma BengellHugo CarvanaLucy de CarvalhoThis film captures the criminal behavior of two young Copacabana thugs (the "cafajestes"). The two plan a blackmail coup against a rich old man, using nude pictures of a lady on a deserted beach. But things don't always happen as planned.
- DirectorFernando CoimbraStarsLeandra LealMilhem CortazFabiula NascimentoA journey to the dark cutting edge of desires, lies and wickedness of a love triangle, from the moment a child is mysteriously kidnapped.
- DirectorJuliano DornellesKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsBárbara ColenThomas AquinoSilvero PereiraAfter the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.
- DirectorNeville de AlmeidaStarsSonia BragaNuno Leal MaiaJorge DóriaCarlos and Solange, childhood sweethearts, marry after a chaste courtship. On their wedding night, Solange refuses to make love to him. First he pleads, then in anger he rapes her. She says she adores him, but, even after months of marriage, can't endure his touch. To prove to herself she's not frigid, she begins a daily routine of seducing strangers on public busses; she also takes Carlos's best friend to a motel. Carlos figures out that she's unfaithful and, armed, confronts Solange. Meanwhile, she seeks psychiatric help because she feels no remorse. Will there be violence and death, a psychological breakthrough, or more bus rides?
- DirectorBraz ChediakStarsLídia BrondiSadi CabralRubens CorreiaGlorinha, a middle-class 15 year old girl, always thought her mother Judite had killed herself, and that her father Gilberto has gone crazy as result. Her friend Nair takes her to a high-class bordello, where she wants to work. When uncle Raul, who raised her, discovers her prostitution, he decides to finally tell her all the truth about her parents' story.
- DirectorAnselmo DuarteStarsLeonardo VillarGlória MenezesDionísio AzevedoA simple yet devout Christian makes a vow to Saint Barbara after she saves his donkey, but everyone he meets seems determined to misunderstand his intentions. Will he be able to keep his promise in the end?
- DirectorJúlio BressaneStarsMaria GladysHelena IgnezSuzana de MoraesThree maids decide to rebel against the society that oppresses them and start murdering their own mistresses.
- DirectorGuilherme de Almeida PradoStarsImara ReisCaíque FerreiraTamara TaxmanProstitute, longing for a better life, follows a man who works as cargo loader in the Santos harbour. But he turns into a criminal, and together they lead an unlawful life, surrounded by the amoral world of thieves, drunkards, gigolos, hookers and sailors.
- DirectorMarcio KoganIsay WeinfeldStarsMira HaarCristina MutarelliCarlos MorenoBus tour to São Paulo's touristic spots bumps into several strange people.
- DirectorNeville de AlmeidaStarsAntônio FagundesAna Maria MagalhãesLima DuarteNoronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their four elder daughters. The fifth and youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back home. Noronha discovers she has been expelled from boarding school for having killed a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events.
- DirectorNeville de AlmeidaStarsOvídio AbreuPedro AguinagaTamur AimaraPublic relations man is invited to guide American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. In this course, he gets involved in the most bizarre situations, from orgiastic mega-parties and sexy ménages-a-trois to confrontations with the police, meetings with drug dealers and movie stars, facing corruption and even murder.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsRegina DuartePaulo CastelliPatricio BissoIn São Paulo, a married woman in her 30s lives with husband and two children; she's Fernanda, an interior designer. Shortly after her father's death, a vivid dream disorients her: she dances with a man in women's clothing. The next day, she meets a young man who looks like the man in her dreams; he's Miguel, a male prostitute who lives with a transvestite, Bom-Bom. Miguel steals money from Fernanda's purse, but still she seeks him out. When her husband goes to New York for a week, Fernanda goes off with Miguel to the coast, in search of pleasure. Using her money, Miguel tries to set himself up as a cocaine dealer. Is this Fernanda's new life?
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsSonia BragaJosé WilkerMauro MendonçaIn a small city of Brazil, a woman named Flor marries a man named Vadinho, but once married she finds that he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking and he takes all of her money to gamble. After Vadinho dies, Flor marries Tedoror, the owner of a drugstore. Flor is happy with her new husband but misses the love life with her previous husband. When one day the ghost of Vadhino comes back to pursue her.
- DirectorCarlos DieguesStarsZezé MottaWalmor ChagasAltair LimaIn18th-century Minas Gerais, the Portuguese mined diamonds and gold. João Fernandes de Oliveira arrives from Lisbon with the Crown's exclusive contract for mining diamonds. He quickly asserts control, letting the attendant and other authorities know that he's aware of their corruption. Xica, a slave of the local sergeant-major and possessed of phenomenal sexual drive and tricks that cause men to howl with pleasure, quickly captures João. He denies her no extravagance; miners die for his greed. Eventually Lisbon hears of João's excesses and sends an inspector. José, a political radical, provides Xica refuge; her unrelenting sexual tingle is Brazil's spirit.
- DirectorJean GarretStarsDavid CardosoBenjamin CattanRuthinéa de MoraesDr. Leme, a rich old man, is frustrated about not having children with his wife Raquel. In his mansion, he gives parties filled with drinking and sex with his secretaries. André, his driver, becomes lover of Rachel and they plan to kill Lemer to get hold of his fortune.
- DirectorJosé Mojica MarinsStarsJosé Mojica MarinsTina WohlersNadia FreitasAfter the events of the previous film, Coffin Joe continues to seek a maiden to give him a son. With the help of servant Bruno, he kidnaps six girls from a village. Which one of them will pass his trials of fear?
- DirectorMiguel Faria Jr.StarsTarcísio MeiraSandra BréaAnselmo VasconcelosIn 1970, the Esquadrão da Morte (Death Squad)' crimes for the refinement of violence provoked a wave of reactions throughout the country. The photos of the victims, adorned by the skull, symbol of the group, caused an uncomfortable indignation. This is the story of Mateus Romeiro, the most famous of the policemen, who was part of the Homens de Aço (Steelmen) group, one of the factions in which the squadron was divided.
- DirectorJosé PadilhaStarsWagner MouraAndré RamiroCaio JunqueiraIn 1997 Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento has to find a substitute for his position while trying to take down drug dealers and criminals before the Pope visits.
- DirectorFernando MeirellesKátia LundStarsAlexandre RodriguesLeandro FirminoMatheus NachtergaeleIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
- DirectorLaís BodanzkyStarsRodrigo SantoroOthon BastosCássia KisA trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs on his pocket. The marijuana cigarette is just the final drop that exposes the family tragedy. Send to a mental institution, Neto gets to know a completely absurd, inhumane reality in which the people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel institution system. The documentary type language used by the director give this movie a sensation of realty that increases even more the impact of the emotions Neto goes through. In the mental institution, Neto is forced to mature. The transformations that he goes through change this relations with his father.
- DirectorJoão Batista de AndradeStarsRolando BoldrinIrene RavacheAntônio FagundesA series of murders begins to haunt Cordilheira, a small town near São Paulo, Brazil. The investigations show there is a love triangle involved.
- DirectorJoão Batista de AndradeStarsAntônio FagundesLouise CardosoMayara MagriTV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighborhood.
- DirectorJúlio BressaneStarsMárcia RodriguesRenata SorrahAntero de OliveiraThere are many concurrent plots in this film. The main one being the one in which a desperate guy kills his parents with an open razor and then goes to the movies. At the same time, other violent events happen when two girls realize they are in love with each other.
- DirectorWalter RogérioStarsChiquinho BrandãoMaitê ProençaFernanda TorresFactory workers get fired for kissing during work hours.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsPaulo GracindoCristina AchéPaulo GuarnieriRio de Janeiro police investigator Galvão is pursuing two trails, one professional and one personal. While he tracks a serial killer of taxi drivers, he also seeks his estranged daughter, Sandra, whom he had thrown out of the family home when she adopted a promiscuous teenage lifestyle. Lives intersect when the serial killer, Toninho, a young man of unsavoury connections, befriends Sandra, now an exotic dancer and prostitute living and working in the seamy underside of late 1970s Rio. Theirs is an unstable relationship, built on unmet emotional need, lived in the shadow of her father's pursuit.
- DirectorClery CunhaStarsDarcy SilvaJoana FommAraken PatuscaThe problematic son of a wealthy businessman becomes obsessed by his stepmother and gets involved with a group of criminals as he tries to eliminate her lover - but can he remain unscathed?
- DirectorAnselmo DuarteStarsRaul CortezJosé ParisiLélia AbramoIn the poor Brazil's Northeast, rural laborers join in a messianic group led by Joaquim, who believes to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Gaining power over the peasants, he begins to persecute those who does not pay absolute obeisance to him.
- DirectorAnselmo DuarteStarsTarcísio MeiraRossana GhessaJece ValadãoClemente Celidônio, better known as Quelemente, takes care of a herd near his house in Pajeú das Flores, Brazil. When he gets home he discovers that tragedy has struck: his sister Marizolina was raped by a stranger. Craving revenge, Quelemente goes in search of a man with a facial scar and missing one finger, as Marizolina described. During his long journey on this mission, he falls in love with Maria do Carmo. She is pregnant by the time he finds his villain, In his fight with Cesídio, Quelemente kills a police officer and the police persecute him. Quelemente marches Cesídio and a Priest to his house and forces Cesídio to marry Marizolina. Soon after the marriage, Quelé initiates a fight of death with Cesídio, interrupted by the arrival of the police, who kill Cesídio--and Maria do Carmo. When Quelé's hopes for survival are few, he arrives at Gangue de Lampião, who shoots the cops, who flee. Quelemente enters the gang, being baptized by Lampião as Quelé do Pajeú.
- DirectorCláudio CunhaStarsSimone CarvalhoMário CardosoClaudio MarzoThe destiny of four women - a beautiful model, an alcoholic, a middle-aged spinster and a famous model - is traced inside an advertising agency. They all look for true love and professional recognition, but get involved in turbulent relationships instead.
- DirectorAdélia SampaioStarsMonique LafondWilma DiasEmiliano QueirozTwo young women with different social backgrounds have a lesbian relationship. The real problems begin when one of them also gets involved with a man, a journalist.
- DirectorVictor di MelloStarsAlba ValeriaCarlo MossyMaria Lúcia DahlGiselle seduces all the members of her family. She indirectly causes the failure of his father's marriage, for her stepmother falls in love with her. Then, she has affairs with her father's stepson, and with the farm housekeeper.
- DirectorSilvio de AbreuStarsHelena RamosNuno Leal MaiaKate LyraRegina is a woman from a poor family and married with and former secretary of the wealthy Hélio. Regina has a block with Hélio and can not have sex with him, in spite of fantasizing kinky sex with every man she meets. She goes to a shrink and while resolving her childhood trauma, Hélio has an affair with his secretary Lúcia and leaves Regina. Later, they meet each other by chance, and the healed Regina finally satisfies Hélio.
- DirectorLuiz Fernando CarvalhoStarsSelton MelloRaul CortezJuliana Carneiro da CunhaA young son who ran from his dominant family descends into decadence, then returns to the nest. Tyrannical fathers, incest, fierce family conflicts, and an intense visual style to match.
- DirectorJoaquim Pedro de AndradeStarsGrande OteloPaulo JoséJardel FilhoOur story begins with Macunaima's miraculous birth to an old woman in a tiny jungle settlement. Born fully grown, he discovers his life's purpose which leads him and his family and followers on a journey to the Big City. More miracles occur on the way, but Macunaima still has the heart and mind of a child. In the Big City, terrorists enlist him in their revolutionary schemes. In the Big City he learns that nuts are not always food and other hilarious life lessons.
- DirectorJoaquim Pedro de AndradeStarsJuliana Carneiro da CunhaÍtala NandiFlávio GalvãoFantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two actors: Ítala Nandi, as his feminine anima, and Flávio Galvão, as the masculine half.
- DirectorRoberto SantosStarsPaulo JoséLeila DinizEsmeralda BarrosA man gets locked outside of his apartment naked.
- DirectorDomingos de OliveiraStarsLeila DinizPaulo JoséFlávio MigliaccioA womanizer suddenly finds a woman who makes him change the way he looks at women. He falls in love and believes she is, in fact, all women in one. Because of that, he faces an important decision: go on with his old life, or embrace this special relationship and become a monogamous man.
- DirectorLima BarretoStarsAlberto RuschelMarisa PradoMilton Ribeiro'Capitão', a bandit, terrorizes poor villages in the Northeast region of Brazil, looting and frequently killing with his armed gang, until he kidnaps and becomes attracted to a beautiful schoolteacher, creating discord in his group.
- DirectorBraz ChediakStarsJece ValadãoGlauce RochaEmiliano QueirozA decadent hooker, her pimp and the bordello's gay cleaner fight over the gigolo's missing money, with the utmost mental cruelty.
- DirectorCláudio AssisStarsFernando TeixeiraCaio BlatMatheus NachtergaeleA man gets obsessed by a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her to a gas station to show her naked to whomever pays him some money.
- DirectorCarlos ReichenbachStarsRoberto MirandaBenjamin CattanMárcia FragaSandra is a rich widow who wants to know the beach house her late husband has left her. She goes there with her lover Odilon, an unscrupulous young man whose studies she's supporting. Helping her with the red tape is dr. Carvalho, a very conservative and old-fashioned lawyer. In her way to the house, she meets a couple of hippies, looking for a place to stay. She hires them as temporary housekeepers. Living nearby is a crazy prophet, who shows his genitals to anybody who comes close. During their stay in the house, all these characters clash, in unusual and funny ways, including some disgusting tourists, three young women on vacation, the police, prostitutes, a reporter for a communist magazine, and many others.
- DirectorCarlos ReichenbachStarsOrlando ParoliniPatrícia ScalviRoberto MirandaUnemployed professor, Fernando is sustained by his factory worker girlfriend Rita. One day they go out to an afternoon picnic with a couple of friends, sexist and reactionary Luís Carlos and inexperienced Lilita.
- DirectorCarlos ReichenbachStarsMichelle ValleVanessa AlvesNathalia LordaAurélia, a young black woman who works at a factory and lives in a working-class neighborhood in São Paulo, is seeing Fábio Tavares, who gets involved with a racist neo-nazi group.
- 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?
- DirectorAnselmo DuarteStarsGlória MenezesRonnie VonFernando TorresClaudia (Gloria Menezes) is a wealthy widow, she found in Bruno (Ronnie Von) a new love. But one morning, receives an anonymous letter containing a serious threat.
- DirectorPedro Carlos RovaiStarsAdriana PrietoJardel FilhoCarlos ImperialIn Minas Gerais, the powerful "colonel" Alexandrão gets married with the young and virgin Cristina and promotes a huge wedding party in his farm. He eats and drinks a lot along the day, and in his "first night" with the bride, he dies before consummating his marriage. The marital status of Cristina becomes very unusual, being a virgin widow. Her doctor advises her to travel to Rio de Janeiro to rest, and she moves with her aunt to an inherited apartment in Leme. Once in Rio de Janeiro, the rascal Constantino, who is aware of her wealth, courts her and borrows money, clothes and a Mercedes Benz from his friends, pretending he is businessman man. His friends release "stocks" in a parallel stock market, based and supported in the expectation of the possible marriage of Constantino with Cristina. However, the ghost of Coronel Alexandrão appears for her whenever she intends to have sex with Constantino.
- DirectorXavier de OliveiraStarsClaudio MarzoRossana GhessaMarcelo MoraesA mild-mannered but quietly unhappy woman is long married to a coffee Baron, who is going through a severe Economic crisis caused by the American depression. She falls in love with her handsome young cousin who moves in with them to attend a nearby University.
- DirectorMaurice CapovillaStarsRossana GhessaJohn HerbertPaulo JoséPoor and beautiful girl is hired by a sales promoter to advertise a new brand of soap. The success is immediate, but the need for a new face hinders her way to stardom.
- DirectorFrancisco Ramalho Jr.StarsFrancisco CuocoIvan MesquitaJairo Arco e FlexaAn aspiring model leaves her wealthy middle-aged lover for a handsome young writer. But as her career takes off, their relationship gets worse.
- DirectorCarlos CoimbraStarsRodolfo MayerMaria Della CostaKate LyraFor the launch of his new giant horoscope computer, famous astrologer Alex invites to his private island friends representing each of the 12 zodiac signs. During the welcome party, one of the guests is mysteriously murdered. Unable to leave the island, the others witness new deaths, always announced in advance by the computer.
- DirectorFernando De BarrosStarsOdete LaraMaria Della CostaJardel FilhoRosario is a prostitute who lives in her married sister's house. When the latter wants to be a hooker too, she doesn't approve.
- DirectorWalter Hugo KhouriStarsGeneviève GradLuc MerendaRossana GhessaBárbara, a French girl living in São Paulo, and two friends decide to transform a little apartment into a luxury bordello, "The Palace of Angels", securing money and success, but some problems as well.
- DirectorJean GarretStarsAldine MullerZécarlos de AndradeRodolfo ArenaSimple-minded young woman becomes a successful prostitute.
- DirectorCarlos CoimbraStarsLeonardo VillarDionísio AzevedoVanja OricoIn a small town, a pastor and a priest dispute the population's spiritual leadership.
- DirectorCarlos CoimbraStarsLeonardo VillarLeila DinizAnselmo DuarteDelfino, a quiet man who lives in Congonhas do Campo, a small historical town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is urged by his friend to steal the image of the Madona de Cedro (the Cedar Madonna), sculpted by the Aleijadinho in the 18th century, from the town sanctuary.
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiAdolfo CeliTom PayneStarsEliane LageAbilio Pereira de AlmeidaCarlos VergueiroA beautiful woman with a tragic past marries the owner of a small shipyard in an island, and they set up residence in a poor village. Besides not being able to adapt to the place, the partner of her husband becomes hostile to her presence.
- DirectorJean GarretStarsDavid CardosoFernanda de JesusMárcia RealFamous crime story writer puzzles police investigator when all the women he gets involved with get murdered.
- DirectorFauzi MansurStarsDionísio AzevedoBentinhoRubem BiaforaAn wealthy Italian immigrant from São Paulo, watches closely the suitors of his daughter Fiametta, whose two previous husbands "suffered accidents" because they did not bear good children. She can only conceive of someone who, like her, bears the blood of the rare K factor.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsTarcísio MeiraNey LatorracaLídia BrondiWhen a pedestrian is hit by a bus, simple clerk Arandir runs and kisses the body in a gesture of sympathy and unconditional pure love. The opportunist scum photographer Amado Pinheiro witnesses the scene and sees the opportunity to sell newspaper and together with the despicable and abusive chief of police Cunha, they accuse Arandir of homosexuality. Further, they say that the victim was his lover and Arandir killed him out of jealousy. Meanwhile, his father-in-law Aprígio who does not like him goes to the suburban village to tell his daughters, Arandir's beloved wife Selminha and her sister Dália, that Arandir is at the police station. The next morning, when the newspapers are distributed, Arandir is in the headline and later is humiliated in his work and in the village where his family lives. While Amado and Cunha manipulate the event and witnesses, common bigoted people believe that Arandir is gay and a killer, with tragic consequences.
- DirectorAna CarolinaStarsAntônio FagundesDina SfatNey LatorracaFinancial and administrative problems in a religious school for girls force the Government to interfere. While waiting in the conference hall to communicate the fact to the school administrators, the intervenor falls asleep and a crazy dream begins, involving teachers, students and strange characters.
- DirectorTereza TrautmanStarsDarlene GlóriaGracindo JúniorArduíno ColassantiMarried woman only feels well when she's in love. In search of a ravishing love, she has many love affairs, with her husband's consent.
- DirectorArnaldo JaborStarsPaulo PortoDarlene GlóriaElza GomesRich, spoiled youngman encounters a prostitute, and gets confused about the nature of his feelings for her; he can't decide between attraction, and repulsion.
- DirectorArnaldo JaborStarsAdriana PrietoPaulo PortoCamila Amado
- DirectorCarlos DieguesStarsJeanne MoreauEliezer GomesCarlos KroeberJoana is a sophisticated, beautiful woman, so she has a choice of lovers, and destinies. She will let down Pierre, the French consul at Sao Paulo, and with him the frivolity of tea-parties and comfort. Her wild inner-soul will develop into the wild forest surroundings of a landlord's farmhouse. To the extent she will defend her land like a 19th century owner - of lands and men alike...
- DirectorCarlos Alberto Prates CorreiaStarsCristina AchéDébora BlochCarlos KroeberLalinha, after being abandoned by her husband, seeks comfort in her farm. There, she discovers a new world.
- DirectorNeville de AlmeidaStarsAntônio FagundesAna Maria MagalhãesLima DuarteNoronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their four elder daughters. The fifth and youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back home. Noronha discovers she has been expelled from boarding school for having killed a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events.
- DirectorHaroldo Marinho BarbosaStarsLucélia SantosJosé LewgoyLuiz Fernando GuimarãesEngraçadinha is a sexy teenager, with whom every man wants to get involved, except her cousin Sílvio, the only man she loves. On Sílvio's engagement day, she seduces him at the party and becomes pregnant. But her father, Dr. Arnaldo, tells her a horrible secret, saying that her child cannot be born. A tragedy ensues.
- DirectorDavid NevesStarsLucélia SantosWalmor ChagasJoel BarcellosWhile riding a motorboat along Guanabara Bay, Gaspar, an elderly senator, tells the nurse that between the 50's and 60's he became involved with an exotic dancer, Luz Del Fuego, who adopted this stage name when she saw the name on the lid of a man's lipstick. As an adult and in the magazine theater, she participates in a choir of stars and is arrested for the first time for a violent assault. In jail he befriends a reporter, Indalecio, and a gay, Agildo, who would be attached to her forever. Debut in the theater completely naked, wrapped in snakes. Success spawns a roundtable on TV, consisting of a priest, a star, a delegate, and the president of the Animal Protection League. At this time she was involved with Gaspar, married politician, who was campaigning for the Senate. Gaspar is honored by Luz, who gives him a kiss on the mouth publicly, but is nonetheless elected. At the height of fame Luz sells his beautiful mansion, which had been given to him by Gaspar, leaves the theater and moves to the Sun Island, where she intends to create a naturalistic ecological paradise.
- DirectorRogério SganzerlaStarsHelena IgnezPaulo VillaçaPagano SobrinhoThe story of a famous Brazilian criminal, called The Red Light Bandit because he always used a red flashlight to break in the houses during the night. Working alone, he also used to rape his female victims.
- DirectorAna CarolinaStarsXuxa LopesNey MatogrossoDaniel DantasIn order to leave her past and family values behind, woman has relationships with many men and, among many doubts, tries to find out her own identity and happiness.
- DirectorArnaldo JaborStarsSonia BragaPaulo César PeréioVera FischerMan meets woman, and invites her home. The two start an intense relationship in order to shield themselves from loneliness.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsBetty FariaCarlos Eduardo DolabellaPaulo César PeréioA veteran popular singer remembers her early days before fame as a humble woman who faced many obstacles in order to achieve fame, notoriety and make her dreams come true. Her life, the songs, the men she knew and helped her on her ladder to success all have a big influence on her life.
- DirectorFauzi MansurStarsEnoque BatistaRoberto BolantOzualdo Ribeiro CandeiasThe president of a company plots a robbery of his own firm in a perfect coup. In a remote house by a lake, the gang gathers after the assault and greed, sex and violence dominate the scene.
- DirectorRubem BiaforaStarsSérgio HingstGiedre ValeikaGlaucia MariaAn ordinary forty-year old man living alone in a small, drab apartment faces the imminent loss of both his job and his eyesight. An unexpected affair with a beautiful, idle and bored socialite becomes his last hope.
- DirectorRubem BiaforaStarsCarlos AlbertoMilton AmaralSandra AmaralA woman, who believes she has a curse, sees an engineer die in an accident while building a bridge. Considering two men who were courting her responsible for the tragedy, she decides to take revenge on both. Brazilian version of Brontë's Wuthering Heights.
- DirectorWalter Hugo KhouriStarsMário SérgioAndrea BayardLola BrahTwo pairs of mismatched lovers wind up in a dangerous situation when the younger partners of each relationship meet by accident.
- DirectorWalter Hugo KhouriStarsPaulo JoséJacqueline MyrnaLilian LemmertzA young man in his early 30's ponders the state of his life while dealing with three women - his sister, his new girlfriend and his lover.
- DirectorLael RodriguesStarsDébora BlochLauro CoronaDiogo VilelaYoung woman leaves Minas Gerais State, Brazil, to try to be a singer in Rio de Janeiro.
- DirectorBeto BrantRenato CiascaStarsCamila PitangaGustavo MachadoZécarlos MachadoThe photographer Cauby moves and settles down in a small town in the countryside of Pará. When he meets the model Lavínia, who is the wife of Pastor Ernani, they have a torrid love affair. Cauby asks Lavínia to leave her husband and the town with him but she refuses. Cauby does not know about the dishonored past of his muse and her gratitude to Ernani, who saved her from the streets and the drugs. Meanwhile, the snoopy and gossiper journalist Viktor Laurence receives compromising pictures of Lavínia naked, posing for Cauby. When Viktor and Ernani are found dead and Lavínia is missing, Cauby becomes the prime suspect of Sheriff Polozzi with tragic consequences for his life.
- DirectorCarlos DieguesStarsSérgio CardosoOdete LaraMário LagoAn allegory about Brazil's history and the struggle for power since the 1930 Revolution until the advent of the TV.
- DirectorJoaquim Pedro de AndradeStarsHelena IgnezPaulo JoséMário LagoIn a small town in Minas Gerais, the arrival of a young priest causes a commotion in the conservative atmosphere of the place, aggravated by the sudden attraction this priest feels for a beautiful girl. This forbidden love affair soon turns into an unbridled passion.
- DirectorVictor LimaStarsÍris BruzziZilda CardosoAllan CastroThe adventures of a peaceful and infatuated man, who tries to identify the man who killed his sweetheart, an unconventional young woman who used to receive "guests" at home, calling them her cousins.
- DirectorFernando De BarrosStarsDercy GonçalvesOdete LaraMarina FreireMs. Violante Miranda is a bordello owner who raises a small girl as her own granddaughter. When she gets a little older, she is sent to study in Europe, and when she returns, she becomes a socialite, rejecting her previous milieu and her "grandmother".
- DirectorWalter Hugo KhouriStarsNorma BengellOdete LaraMário BenvenuttiTwo friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, uncovering their anguish and deeper feelings, and the emptiness of their lives.
- DirectorLuiz Sérgio PersonStarsAna EsmeraldaEva WilmaOtelo ZeloniA man lives in conflict as he deals with his friends and love interests against the backdrop of São Paulo.
- DirectorLuiz Sérgio PersonStarsPaulo JoséSandra BréaSônia ClaraA tireless and incorrigible seducer looks for - and seems to find - the woman of his life.
- DirectorLuiz Sérgio PersonStarsAnselmo DuarteRaul CortezJuca de OliveiraThe innocent brothers are wrongly accused of a crime by a corrupt and violent police officers and are forced to face the injustices of the brazilian penal system.
- DirectorLúcia MuratStarsMarisa OrthAntônio FagundesJosé de AbreuA journalist is placed upon the management of a large broadcasting company to the capital of Brazil at the time of local elections. She must now face ideological and ethical questions, brought back by a left-wing former boyfriend and her own colleagues. At the same time, a free-lancer spy is sent by an obscure figure in politics to manipulate the elections and its media coverage.
- DirectorOdy FragaStarsMarlene SilvaMarlene FrançaHélio PortoMulheres de cortiço do bairro do Bexiga se tornam prostitutas, induzidas por uma mulata e um picareta.
- DirectorOdy FragaStarsElizabeth HartmannLola BrahZélia DinizA prostitute's daughter, Encarnação runs away from home in the countryside to meet her mother who lives in a luxury brothel. She does not know what her mother does for a living. Meanwhile, the other prostitutes decide to go on strike for a fairer division of profits.
- DirectorArmando CoutoStarsProcópio FerreiraLudy VelosoHélio SoutoPoor crook gets a job as janitor in a luxury house. But he starts pretending be the rich owner of the house and in no time is owing multiple debts.
- DirectorRoberto SantucciStarsFábio AssunçãoMalu MaderMaristane DreschAn apparently simple adultery case turns into an intricate and suspense-filled plot composed of numerous twists and turns, with a surprising ending. Dr. Rafidjian, a renowned physician, seeks out Dora Lobo's detective agency, wishing to locate call girl Ana Cíntia Lopes. The case soon finds its way into the hands of Remo Bellini and his new assistant Beatriz; but the client's brutal murder changes the course of the investigation, leading the two detectives into high-risk situations. Trying to solve the crime, they canvas the nightlife of São Paulo's underworld, where they meet Fátima, a mysterious prostitute who becomes involved with Bellini. Based on the book of the same title by the writer and musician Tony Bellotto, who is also the film's co-producer and co-composer of the soundtrack, along with Charles Gavin, fellow member of the rock band Titãs, and Andreas Kiesser, of Sepultura.
- DirectorUgo GiorgettiStarsEduardo TornaghiBruna LombardiRicardo BlatAfter 20 years of exile in Paris, Gustavo returns to his native city São Paulo. Back home, he encounters a place which no longer exists. His old friends and family members have changed, almost beyond recognition. He tries to recapture the past, and make some sense of his life, that of his friends and family, and the present state of his native country.
- DirectorCarlos DieguesStarsLeonardo VillarAnecy RochaAntonio PitangaLuzia comes from the backwoods of Northeast Brazil to Rio de Janeiro, in search of her fiancé. But soon she'll find out he has turned into a dangerous criminal and is being looked after by the police.