Ester Góes

A famous actor believes he has totally mastered his craft. A young and talented actress is open to new challenges. They meet, and confront each other; on, and off the stage. From his personal and artistic lethargy, he sees the possibilities of a new beginning, new opportunities, after starting to see her. The story unravels, as the title states, "behind the curtain." (imdb)

Tristão Roque Brasil is a rude and disillusioned industrialist, who bitter a rogue defeat in the elections for mayor. Betrayed by the woman, seek solace in the opera and pleasure in the bed of the manicure and prostitute Mimi.

A film adaptation of Lygia Fagundes Telles' book

Theater director asks his actors for a research on human cruelty and misery in Brazil, while trying to raise funds for his next production, a play based on a story by Machado de Assis, "A Causa Secreta" (The Secret Cause). The troupe oblige and go around town witnessing long lines in National Health Services, inhuman conditions in public hospitals and poor people being constantly humiliated. They find people are becoming indifferent to human suffering. (imdb)

A young rock singer meets his childhood heroine, a famous singer who is now wallowing in alcohol and sex. (imdb)

Biography of Patrícia Galvão, aka Pagu, a legendary personage, muse and activist of Brazilian Modernism in art, during the 1920s until the 1940s. She shocked the society of her time, but charmed artists such as painter Tarsila do Amaral and writer Oswald de Andrade, having had an affair with the latter. For her political engagement, she was constantly harassed by Brazilian authorities. (imdb)