Arlindo Barreto

According to an Amazonian indigenous legend, a certain insect, Anophelis sexualis, has aphrodisiac properties: one who is bitten by it will surely die if it does not have sex within two hours. Knowing this news, Hans Muller, a scientist, moves to the habitat of the insect and collects several specimens for research in his laboratory in the city of Ilha Bela, on the coast of São Paulo. There, besides the local administration and the population, there are several tourists. By an accident, the insects flee and attack the world.

The parallel lives of two brothers of the "Pampas" of the Brazilian area, which much share everything they have. A woman, "the intruder", will change everything.

A father finds out his son is gay and does everything he can to turn him back to heterosexuality.

Heleno and Claudia reverses the daily roles traditionally reserved for men and women: He dedicated himself to domestic tasks. She's a jerky business lady.

Orphanage Santa Cecília teeters on the brink of bankruptcy as a real-estate firm plans to raze it and its surrounding forest. Three girls receive a magical gift of song from a mysterious old woman, on the condition they never kiss a boy, to earn money and save the home. With reporter Raul and social worker Gretchen’s help, their rising fame threatens the developer’s scheme. In a last-ditch effort, the developer’s son kidnaps them, but unexpected feelings for one girl force him to reconsider.

Three exploitative short stories of sailors trying their luck in the São Paulo night.

To satisfy her costumers, an owner of a luxurious bordello does whatever it takes. but the place’s efficiency is threatened when the most desirable of its ladies decides to quit. The owner set a diabolical plot to keep the girl working.

Monica, a naive schoolgirl from a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, meets Virginia, a former neighbor, now living in Copacabana. Influenced by her, she decides to take on a double life: in the morning she is the suburban girl, in the afternoon she attends a brothel in the South Zone. One day she meets Flávio, a friend and eventual lover of Virginia. Flávio falls in love with the purity of Monica and wants to drive away her friends, for considering Virginia a bad company for her beloved.

Young son of a millionaire, obsessed with collecting used women's underwear, a butler who manages the mansion where the young man lives while his rich father travels, and a cousin who arrives from the countryside, obsessed with sex, are the characters. The butler pretends to be the boss, but to maintain control of the situation he must convince the fetish heir to arrange a marriage.

A farm worker, after seducing the boss's daughter, flees to São Paulo. Naive, he is faced with a new world made of love, free sex and vested interests.

Segment 1 - THE TIRE (O Pneu)-(20'): Pietro carries a folder full of money with him on his journey. On the road, he meets Luiza who had a flat tire of her car. He spends the night with her in a motel. Segment 2 - THE TELEPHONE (O Telefone)-(20'): Elisa is a dissatisfied woman with her marriage and engages with a stranger on the phone. On the other side of the line, the man tells her erotic things, making her imagine herself living the situations narrated. Segment 3 - THE CURRENT (A Curra)-(40'): A newly married couple from the United States seeks to revive their erotic knowledge in ...

Gina attracts attention and envy. Years later, her life is shaken by the return of an old love and she discovers some schemes orchestrated by her best friend.

In the backlands, the drover Ricardo marks the destiny of young Maria. Years later, in Xique-Xique, a mistake between two identical women rekindles passions, separations, and an impossible love.