In Northeastern Brazil, twelve-year-old Maria is sold to have a better life as a housemaid. However, Maria is resold and sent to a brothel in the...

Caio is 40 years old and lives in the Rio de Janeiro's countryside, where he owns a scrap-metal yard. On Christmas' Eve, he goes to the capital to...

Carlos is a young man from the São Paulo middle class who works for a big company during a time when foreign automobile industries were settling in...

A rich, spoiled young man encounters a prostitute and gets confused about the nature of his feelings for her. He can't decide between attraction and...

Fleeing from the orphanage where he was living, young Valdo immediately entered the life of the crime, establishing himself as a dangerous adult...

In Minas Gerais, the powerful "colonel" Alexandrão gets married with the young and virgin Cristina and promotes a huge wedding party in his farm. He...

Hit man does his part in a deal, but doesn't get the money he was promised. For the treason, he decides to eliminate them all.

Two ladykillers living in Rio de Janeiro know no limits when courting a beautiful woman. A problem arises when one of them starts coming on to a...

Anxious to please his boss, Roberto agrees to host the chief's lover in his own home, unaware of the problems this could cause among his family.

Wanted by the police, a university professor flees to a hotel in the interior and causes changes in the lives of the owner of the establishment and...

The adventures of a peaceful and infatuated man, who tries to identify the man who killed his sweetheart, an unconventional young woman who used to...

Married 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.

Bruno is a physician whose license had been revoked, due to some ethical problems in the past. He gathers some criminals to kidnap the children of...

A group of friends in Sao Paulo see each other regularly in different venues of this huge metropolis, and act as their own de-facto family. They are...

True story of a famous and violent Brazilian outlaw nicknamed "Paraíba". After being shot, Paraíba tries to hide inside a church, where he starts...

The counterfeiter Clementino begins to be pursued by Interpol. Arriving in Sao Paulo, he notices the presence of the police and suffers an accident....

Following the projects of modernization of Brazil in the 70s, a busy road in the nearly-desert area of Brazil is detoured to a brand new highway, and...

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

Three desperate stories about working life in São Paulo.