Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.

A man is abandoned by his wife and then falls in love with his neighbor, the perfect, ideal woman. The only problem: she doesn't exist!

The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen.

The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.

Dora, az egykori tanárnő a forgalmas pályaudvaron üldögél asztala mögött. Analfabéták helyett ír levelet, ezzel tartja el magát. Egy nap egyik ügyfelét halálos baleset éri, akinek fia, Josué magára marad. Dora úgy érzi, hogy segítenie kell a gyermeken, de nem vállalkozik rá, hogy magához vegye. Inkább útnak indul a kisfiúval, hogy megkeressék az apját.

André, 19, lives in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and works as a photocopier operator. He likes to see his neighbor Sílvia with a pair of binoculars. She works selling clothes. Becoming attracted to her, he tries to get nearer, and goes to her shop to buy something, but finds out that he can't afford it. So he puts the photocopier to other uses, and begins to envisage fishy schemes to earn some money.

Éder is arrested after confessing the murder of a man. Duca, his nephew, is sure that his uncle confessed the crime to protect his girlfriend, Soraya, ex-wife of the deceased, so he enlists two of his friends to help prove his theory.

The publicist Claudio and the housewife and choral teacher Helena have been married for many years, but they do not understand and respect the feelings and view point of the partner. Claudio sees Helena as a shopper and "little teacher of a choral" and Helena sees Claudio as an insensitive and rough man. On the night before the fiftieth anniversary of Claudio, they changed places with each other.

Zero is a brilliant scientist, but unfortunate because 20 years ago was publicly humiliated and lost in college Helena the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions makes him travel in time, more precisely, to the past. After the chance to change his story, Zero returns to this totally changed.

During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.

A Carandiru a világ egyik legnagyobb gyűjtőfogháza volt, amely Sao Paolóban működött egészen 2002-ig. Legnagyobb kihasználtsága időszakában a 3000 férőhelyen 8000 rabot tartottak fogva. Akkor vált igazán hírhedtté, amikor 1992-ben, egy lázadás alkalmával 111 rabot koncoltak itt fel. Habár a rendőrség arra hivatkozott, hogy önvédelemből cselekedtek, egyetlen rendőr sem halt meg az összetűzés során.

Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.

The life of the owners of Circus Esperança, Puro Sangue e Pangaré, father and son, who plays two clowns. At a certain point, Pangaré starts showing tiredness and sadness for being an unhappy clown.

A cselekmény Rio de Janeiro nyomornegyedének szegények lakta utcáin zajlik. Két különböző utat bejáró fiú útját követi nyomon 15 éven át, a hatvanas évek végétől a nyolcvanas évek elejéig. Az egyikből fotós lesz, a másikból drogdíler. A film rövid történetek sorozatán keresztül mutatja be életútjukat, melyekből sokszor igen rövidre sikeredett sorsok rajzolódnak ki. Az Isten városa főszereplője nem egy személy, hanem egy hely. Az Isten városa egy hatvanas években elkezdett, szegényeknek épült lakótelep, amely a nyolcvanas évek elejére Rio de Janeiro egyik legveszélyesebb városrészévé vált.A hely történetét a film jónéhány szereplő sztoriján keresztül meséli el. Ám mindent a narrátor nézőpontjából látunk: Buscape egy szegény fekete srác, aki túl törékeny és félős ahhoz, hogy bűnöző legyen, ugyanakkor túl okos ahhoz, hogy megelégedjen valamilyen alulfizetett munkával... (port.hu)

Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but soon Clara discovers a terrifying secret about the child.

Check out the hilarious story of luck and misadventures of Tino, a family man whose life is transformed after he wins the lottery. Dazzled by wealth, this boaster spends all his money on a life of luxury and ostentation. But after finding out that he is bankrupt, he faces comical situations: besides not telling his wife he is broke because she is pregnant and cannot get upset, Tino must accept help from his neighbor who is an extremely thrifty financial adviser and the only one capable of getting him out of the rut.

Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal: Tales of Savagery features a caveman and a dinosaur on the brink of extinction. Bonded by tragedy, this unlikely friendship becomes the only hope of survival.

Brazília két elnöki ciklusának bonyolult valósága tárul fel ebben a személyes visszaemlékezésekkel átszőtt politikai dokumentumfilmben.

Diogo Álvares, a Portuguese map illustrator, reaches the Brazilian coast, after his caravel sinks. He is saved by the Indian chief Itaparica and his two daughters, Paraguaçu and Moema. They call him Caramuru and together they engage in a happy love triangle. But the chance to return to Portugal arises, and it is clear this amoral arrangement cannot last.

Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.