Maria Alves

The classic novel from Brazilian Literature is brought to screen.

Three college students, another couple, their housekeeper are besieged at a remote Brazilian plantation by a group of zombies raised by a voodoo curse. (imdb)

The story of a poor woman living in the backwoods of Brazil and working as a maid. One day she is unfairly fired from the house where she was working and goes to the big city, facing a cruel and hostile world, working in factories, bars and bordellos.

An escapee from a psychiatric hospital tells his personal drama in a bar, since the day that he found himself unemployed on the eve of New Year. Living in a claustrophobic apartment in Copacabana, the character maintains as the only link with the outside world the news given regularly by a television reporter.

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.

True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his disguise, he gets involved with high society, and with industrialists who were financing repression to the groups he stood for. (imdb)

A famous soap opera actress discovers her sexuality after breaking up with her former boyfriend, an important TV executive.

An American photographer in Rio de Janeiro becomes involved in the world of "knife culture" when he sets out to find the killer of one of his models. (imdb)

Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin. His fake burial is celebrated in high style and it doesn't take long before he starts getting himself into weird situations. (imdb)