Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.

A man is abandoned by his wife and then falls in love with his neighbor, the perfect, ideal woman. The only problem: she doesn't exist!

The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen.

The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.

Den pensionerade, cyniska lärarinnan Dora försörjer sig genom att skriva brev åt analfabeter på Rio de Janeiros järnvägsstation Central do Brasil. Hon får genom en slump och till en början högst motvilligt ta hand om den 9-årige Josué efter det att hans mor dött i en olycka. De två beger sig iväg för att söka efter Josués far.

Nittonårige André bor i Porto Alegre i Brasilien. Han attraheras av sin granne Silvia och brukar titta på henne genom sitt teleskop. Han gör ett försök att komma i kontakt med henne genom att handla i hennes klädaffär, bara för att upptäcka att han inte har råd.

Éder is arrested after confessing the murder of a man. Duca, his nephew, is sure that his uncle confessed the crime to protect his girlfriend, Soraya, ex-wife of the deceased, so he enlists two of his friends to help prove his theory.

The publicist Claudio and the housewife and choral teacher Helena have been married for many years, but they do not understand and respect the feelings and view point of the partner. Claudio sees Helena as a shopper and "little teacher of a choral" and Helena sees Claudio as an insensitive and rough man. On the night before the fiftieth anniversary of Claudio, they changed places with each other.

Zero is a brilliant scientist, but unfortunate because 20 years ago was publicly humiliated and lost in college Helena the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions makes him travel in time, more precisely, to the past. After the chance to change his story, Zero returns to this totally changed.

During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.

Filmen baseras på verkliga upplevelser av läkare Drauzio Varella inne i fruktansvärda State Penitentiary Carandiru i São Paulo, Brasilien, medan han gjorde ett socialt arbete för förebyggande av aids. Där fann han hundratals fångar leva under förnedrande förhållanden. Situationen kom till ett klimax 1992, då polisen för att kväva ett uppror dödade 111 män.

Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.

The life of the owners of Circus Esperança, Puro Sangue e Pangaré, father and son, who plays two clowns. At a certain point, Pangaré starts showing tiredness and sadness for being an unhappy clown.

Huvudpersonen i Guds stad är inte en person utan en plats. Guds stad är resultatet av ett bostadsprojekt som har utvecklats till en av Rio de Janeiros farligaste platser. Vi följer ett flertal personer och deras livsöden. Allt ses genom vår berättare, Buscapés, ögon. Buscapé är en fattig svart kille, för rädd och vek för gangsterlivet och för intelligent för att nöja sig med ett underbetalt jobb. Buscapé växer upp i en otroligt våldsam miljö och har alla odds emot sig. Han upptäcker dock att han kan se på verkligheten på ett annat sätt, med ett annat öga. Han växer upp och blir professionell fotograf, vilket blir hans räddning…

Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but soon Clara discovers a terrifying secret about the child.

Check out the hilarious story of luck and misadventures of Tino, a family man whose life is transformed after he wins the lottery. Dazzled by wealth, this boaster spends all his money on a life of luxury and ostentation. But after finding out that he is bankrupt, he faces comical situations: besides not telling his wife he is broke because she is pregnant and cannot get upset, Tino must accept help from his neighbor who is an extremely thrifty financial adviser and the only one capable of getting him out of the rut.

Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal: Tales of Savagery features a caveman and a dinosaur on the brink of extinction. Bonded by tragedy, this unlikely friendship becomes the only hope of survival.

A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.

Diogo Álvares, a Portuguese map illustrator, reaches the Brazilian coast, after his caravel sinks. He is saved by the Indian chief Itaparica and his two daughters, Paraguaçu and Moema. They call him Caramuru and together they engage in a happy love triangle. But the chance to return to Portugal arises, and it is clear this amoral arrangement cannot last.

En beväpnad ung man kapar en buss i Rio de Janeiro. Inför världens tv-kameror hotar han att skjuta alla ombord. Men vem är han? Och vad vill han? Flerfaldigt prisbelönt film om kapardramat på buss 174 - en tragedi som skakade Brasilien i grunden.