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- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsGrande OteloJece ValadãoMalu MaiaA talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him.
- DirectorCao HamburgerStarsMichel JoelsasGermano HaiutDaniela PiepszykA boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in 1970, when the World Cup coincides with political crackdowns by the military dictatorship.
- DirectorRoberto SantosStarsLeonardo VillarJofre SoaresMaria RibeiroAugusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies is bitten up and left for dead. He is rescued by a couple of humble small farmers who nurse him for a long time until he is well again. Influenced by the couple Augusto Matraga turns to a religiosity a long time neglected, believing he is atoning for past sins. Then he starts a long penitent life while waiting for his hour and chance. As time goes on he comes strong again but he only realize this after meeting Joaozinho Bem Bem, a famous chief of "jaguncos" who sees in him the violent man he was. Augusto Matraga starts a fight between his violent nature, his hidden desire of vengeance and the mysticism and goodness which is also part of him. This conflict lasts until the moment when his hour and his chance comes, the hour and chance to fight, to struggle an to use his strength and courage in the name of faith and humanity.
- DirectorRogério SganzerlaStarsHelena IgnezJorge LoredoMaria GladysBanker, acting as an international front, lives dangerously among a blonde, a brunette and a dark woman, his lover.
- DirectorCarlos ReichenbachStarsÊnio GonçalvesEmílio Di BiasiImara ReisTransposition of the myth of Faust to modern Brazil. The heir to a bankrupt cigarette factory, amidst a personal crisis, leaves everything behind and heads for a supposed paradise he has seen in a tourist agency, where he believes he could find self-knowledge. In his search, he is inspired by a Mephisto-like character.
- DirectorPatricia TerraStarsTeresa CristinaYamandú CostaLuís Felipe de LimaIt tells the story of the musicians who revitalized Lapa, from the end of the 90s, in meetings on the small stage of "Bar Semente". The documentary is a historical record of a stronghold of cultural effervescence that remained in the affective memory of Rio de Janeiro.
- DirectorHumberto MauroStarsAlvaro CostaJoão de DeusManoel RochaThe Armada of Pedro Álvares Cabral discovers Brazil.
- DirectorHumberto MauroStarsMaury BuenoErnani de PaulaPedro FantolIn the beginning of the Twentieth Century, in Belo Horizonte, the industrial Sampaio lives in a manor house with his stepdaughter Carmen, who has a sort of engagement with Roberto. Sampaio's daughter Neusa, of same age as Carmen, was sent to a metropolis to have a modern education and returns to Belo Horizonte. In the São João party in the country of Acaba-Mundo, promoted by the traditional Marta, Neusa has a one night stand with Roberto. Carmen witnesses their affair and decides to commit suicide. Meanwhile, Cristovão and his cousin Max decides to go to a cabaret in town instead of staying in the party,. They find Carmen and bring her to Marta's property, where she stays with the family and Tufy, Max's younger brother. Along this period, Cristovão falls in love for Carmen, and she has to decide between the love of the unfaithful Roberto and Cristovão.
- DirectorHumberto MauroStarsNita NeyLuís SoroaMáximo SerranoIn Rio de Janeiro, the wasteful Luis Soares is deserted by his father and has no money. Meanwhile, the sugarcane plant owner Mr. Carlos Silva decides to fire the manager of the plant, Pedro Bento, and hire a new one. When Luis sees the advertisement in the newspaper, he is interviewed by Mr. Silva and meets his daughter Anita Silva. Mr. Silva hires Luis and he moves to the countryside to work at the plant. Soon Anita and he fall in love with each other, but the vengeful Pedro sends letters to Mr. Silva telling the affair of his daughter with Luis. Mr. Silva decides to move to the big city with Anita to avoid a scandal. On her birthday, Luis travels with his friend Jorge to meet Anita and give a rose to her. Meanwhile Pedro uses dynamite to blow up the funnel of the plant. When Luis returns, he seeks out Pedro. What will happen next?
- 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.
- DirectorWatson MacedoStarsOscaritoGrande OteloModesto De SouzaA gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo (angel in Portuguese), robs a jewelry and schedules a meeting in the Copacabana Palace Hotel, in Copacabana. The identification would be through a cigarette case with an angel, and the password "- Is everything all right?" Meanwhile, the director Ricardo is preparing a show for the carnival in the hotel with Marina, and they love each other. The janitor Serafim receives a letter from his unknown American brother, who will come to Rio to spend the carnival and meet him, and asks Eliana for a chance in the show, since his brother believes he is an artist. When Ricardo finds the cigarette case lost by Anjo in the entrance of the hotel, he is misidentified by the thieves, and this is the beginning of lots of confusion and fun.
- DirectorCarlos MangaStarsOscaritoFada SantoroCyl FarneyBarber's jeep crashes against a house where a mad scientist 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 (1949).
- DirectorCarlos MangaStarsOscaritoGrande OteloJosé LewgoyCity Down is a town where impunity reigns thanks to the outlaw Jesse Gordon. But the situation changes when Humphrey and Bogart arrest him by chance and get named local sheriffs. It gets complicated when Gordon escapes, promising revenge.
- DirectorCarlos MangaStarsOscaritoCyl FarneySonia MamedeIndustrialist's son returns from the USA, where he'd been supposedly studying Nuclear Physics, when in fact he'd devoted himself to pop music, without his father's knowledge.
- DirectorJ.B. TankoStarsAnkitoGrande OteloJaime CostaUpon discovering that the director of the station where he works wants to organize a show, the servant Popó tries to include his musical group in the presentation. He meets the director's daughter and invites her to join the show.
- DirectorJosé Carlos BurleWatson MacedoStarsAnselmo DuarteEliana MacedoIlka SoaresZé Bomba dreams of being rich, and his neighbour dreams of being an artist and having an affair with him.
- DirectorVictor LimaStarsGrande OteloAnkitoRenata FronziTypical Brazilian musical comedy of the 50s, having the carnival as theme and featuring great names of Brazilian music and radio.
- DirectorJ.B. TankoStarsZé TrindadeGrande OteloConsuelo LeandroA scoundrel from a group of artists abandoned by their manager tries to seduce a wealthy widow.
- DirectorMatheus NachtergaeleStarsDaniel de OliveiraJuliano CazarréJackson AntunesSantinho is a young man considered to be a saint after performing a miracle following his mother's suicide, in a riverside community in the Alto Amazonas.
- DirectorSilvio TendlerStarsLeonel BrizolaJoão GoulartJuscelino KubitschekThe story of João "Jango" Goulart, the Brazilian left-wing president deposed by the military.
- DirectorLaís BodanzkyLuiz Bolognesi
- DirectorJoão JardimWhile a group of high school seniors from an impoverished area of Brazil prepare for an exam that can change the course of their lives, a journey of anxiety and personal drama unfolds before the camera.
- DirectorAntonio Carlos da FontouraStarsOdete LaraCarlo MossyPaulo GracindoMarquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits bourgeois parents and older brother. He doesn't have a job, he doesn't go to school, he just lives on the spur of the moment, watches TV, plays soccer on the beach by day and goes out with his mates by night. He meets Irene, a 40 year-old woman and they have a love affair that is going to change his life - for a while.
- StarsCarlos Ebert
- DirectorDenise Godinho CostaBruno GrazianoHugo MouraStarsAndré BarcinskiKid BengalaPamela ButtIn 1982, almost five million people took theaters to see Erotic Things, the first Brazilian porn movie. The production is today considered a major episode in the history of Brazilian cinema because it was launched during the military dictatorship of the country. 30 years later, The First Time of Brazilian Cinema found the producers and actors to tell the inside story of this fascinating journey.