Raul Barreto

A pawn shop proprietor buys used goods from desperate locals – as much to play perverse power games as for his own livelihood, but when the perfect rump and a backed-up toilet enter his life, he loses all control.

Gerçek bir hikayeye dayanan , maskenin arkasındaki adamla ilgili bir filmdir. Augusto, 50'li yıllarda bir sahne sanatçısı olan annesinin ayak izlerini takip edip kendini tanıtmaya çalışan bir aktördür. Erotik yapımlar ve küçük operalarda oynadıktan sonra televizyonda palyaço "BINGO" olarak gösterme şansı bulur. Program oldukça tutulur ancak sözleşmesindeki bir madde onun gerçek kimliğini ortaya koymasını yasaklıyordur. Augusto, isimsiz bir ünlüye dönüşür. Makyaj yaparken, ülkenin dört bir yanındaki çocuklara mutluluk getirir ancak babası tanıma arayışı içinde kendisini uzakta gören kendi oğlu Gabriel'e değil. Brezilyalı 80 televizyonunun sahne arkasındaki evrendeki ironi ve mizah ile abartılı pop görünümüyle dolu film, bir insanın sanatsal değeri ararken onun kişisel çürümesini bulan inanılmaz ve gerçeküstü hikayesini anlatıyor.

The Devil himself comes to Earth to open his own church and the world becomes a pandemonium of delights and confusions. Based on a short story by Machado de Assis, the most famous realistic Brazilian writer of the XIX century.

Augusto is the chef of a fine restaurant, established for years, which is down due to the success of a former pupil, Patrick, who works in a food truck right in the square in front of the establishment. . Due to the situation, the bank, which is also a partner in the restaurant, appoints the strict Cristina to be the new manager. She immediately runs into Augusto, as she wants to change the local routine in order to make it profitable. But, amidst the pressure to create a new menu, Augusto starts to have a rare syndrome that makes him lose his taste buds.

Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another lover, Monique, a nightclub dancer.

In the 1950s, while radio is slowly being surpassed by television as the leading broadcast medium, Tito Balcárcel, a voice actor, becomes romantically involved with Lúcia, a fan of his who drags him into a mysterious crime plot.

A drama with comic touches telling the story of Carlo Antonini, a psychoanalyst who is pathologic and very interventionist, both inside and outside the office.

After eight years of a political exile imposed by the Brazilian military dictatorship, sociologist Herbert de Souza returns to his homeland. Alongside democracy activists, he faces the arrival of AIDS and puts the devastating impact of hunger under the spotlight. Overcoming his fragile health and personal tragedy, he creates the largest social awareness campaign in Brazilian history.