J. Guimarães Rosa

Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies is bitten up and left for dead. He is rescued by a couple of humble small farmers who nurse him for a long time until he is well again... (imdb)

Adventurer travels by train through the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, meeting old and new lovers and remembers love-affairs of his youth. (imdb)

"Mutum" is a coming of age story seen through the eyes of a ten year old boy. Thiago lives with his family on an isolated farm in the arid backlands of Minas Gerais, Brazil. As the story unfolds and Thiago is forced to confront separations and betrayal within the home, Thiago begins, little by little, to see and understand a place that he had never been able to before, thus slowly letting go of his innocence.

Cowboy Riobaldo is attracted to same sex Diadorim, not knowing that "he" is a girl dressed in man's clothes. After Diadorim's father is killed, she swears revenge, being joined by Riobaldo in this mission (imdb)

A fragmented style, patchwork of interviews with Caetano Veloso's friends, mixed with conversations, thoughts, scenes of dance and literature excerpts. (imdb)

A middle-aged man leaves his family and friends to live alone in a canoe in the middle of a river in central Brazil, and never again set foot on land. His only contact with people happens through his son Liojorge, who leaves food on the waterfront.

The strange world of a lonely widower and three women. Separated from his wife, Lalinha leaves the big city and spend a season on the farm's former father-in located in the hinterland of Minas Gerais. His presence arouses emotions in the strange people living in the quiet farm.