Luiz Fernando Carvalho

Brazilian baroque. The young son that ran from his dominant family, descends into decadence and then returns to the nest. With melodramatic themes of tyrannical fathers, incest, fierce family conflicts and an overheated and intense visual style to match. (imdb)

A fairy-tale about life and feelings, seen from the eyes of a little girl, Maria (IMDB Comments)

The Brazilian back lands. Quaderna, an old clown and bard, narrates, from his cart in the middle of the street, the History of his Family, a bloody saga of Kings, Bandits, Mystics and Backlands Poets. Among his tragic-comic memories is the arrival of the Judge, a powerful Inquisitor from the coast, who summons him for an inquiry in which he is the suspect in the murder of his Goodfather and accused of taking part in a popular revolution. (imdb)

Based on the famous Brazilian novel Dom Casmurro, by Machado De Assis, Capitu was a mini-series that gave a more theatrical look at the book's history, focusing on the insane mind of José Bento and his love/hate relationship with Capitu. (imdb)

G.H., a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters her maid’s room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, panicking, slams the door on it. But the sight of the dying insect provokes a mystical crisis.