Costinha

Comic crime caper

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 receive "guests" at home, calling them her uncles. (imdb)

The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intriguing singer Mário Reis, a loner who, with his special way of singing - whispering and softly saying the words - in a time when singers with potent voices ruled, was in a way a forerunner of Bossa Nova style. (imdb)

Comedy about two bookies who find a police investigator who gets a split personality after receiving a blow to the head.

Januário is a crook who sells inexistent tombs on Caju Cemetery and pretends to be a relative of Juscelino Kubitschek's, then president of Brazil. (imdb)

A couple of scoundrels rent a huge house to move closer to the high society and steal the jewels for a hysterical big man.

Defender of morals and morality, His Excellency Emanuel must rent their mansion because of economic hardship for a high school girls. But is surprised to find that such a college is a brothel.

The Brazilian Association of Thieves to steal the world's largest gem, owned by Iraya international star who comes to spend the carnival in Rio Interpol comes into play.

A professor of Egyptology is playing the Don Juan. His wife will find him out and he will get what he deserves. (bfi.org.uk)

Costa is travelling from Africa to London, and wishes very much to his nephew Amadeu, and see by himself how well he has been invested large sums of money he is been sending him. Amadeu 'borrows' for 24 hours a wife, a villa, a car, and a servant - for he has been lies to his uncle all the time. All goes well. But, Costa decides to prolong his stay for two weeks... (imdb)

Three bandits compel a scientist to reveal the region where lives King Mong, a gorilla of 15 meters, and go into the jungle with the intention to bring the monkey to show it in big cities. Costinha and his friend Ferrugem, who inhabit the realms of King Mong, are trapped by leopard men and, by decision of their fat queen, are destined to be sacrificed by God Mong.

Robinson Crusoe spoof, with touches of Peter Pan. Shipwreck victim lands on a desert island, finds a friendly native and has to fight pirates whose leader is Captain Hook himself. (imdb)

Low-budget comedy of errors about false miracles, Catholic priests, greedy politicians and a prostitute in a small Brazilian town, with popular Brazilian comedy stars of the time. (imdb)

Clementino is a postman who doesn't have much talent for the job and is 6 months behind in the payment of his apartment. While delivering a correspondence, he is kidnapped by a masked bandit, but manages to escape, and ends up helping the police in the capture of the whole gang, getting a lot of money as reward. (imdb)

Young man participates in TV contests to help the girl he loves using the money he expects to win. (imdb)

A chauffeur square that unknowingly is transformed into a dangerous secret agent

Moreira lives in a pension, works in a firm and is engaged to Angelina for 12 years. One day he meets Roberto, an old friend, who advises him to try something better. Moreira prefers the right, albeit modest. Angelina irritated with the long engagement weapon violent fight and Moreira gets married. After the honeymoon the couple will live in the back of a widow's house in Jacarepaguá. A few years later he meets Roberto again. This time Angelina also insists on improvement.

The documentary gathers scandalous scenes of the sexual comedies that formed the pinnacle of Brazil "pornochanchada" in the 1970's.

Erotic spoof of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

The counterfeiter Clementino begins to be pursued by Interpol. Arriving in SP, he notices the presence of the police and suffers an accident. However, it does have a double, which causes enormous confusion.