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- A simple yet devout Christian makes a vow to Saint Barbara after she saves his donkey, but everyone he meets seems determined to misunderstand his intentions. Will he be able to keep his promise in the end?
- In 19th century Brazil, young people in the State of São Paulo fight against black slavery and the farmers who support it. Against this backdrop, Sinhá Moça falls in love with a young lawyer, and they get involved in a great love story.
- It's All True is an unfinished Orson Welles feature film comprising three stories about Latin America. "My Friend Bonito" was supervised by Welles and directed by Norman Foster in Mexico in 1941. "Carnaval" (also known as "The Story of Samba") and "Jangadeiros" (also known as "Four Men on a Raft") were directed by Welles in Brazil in 1942. It was to have been Welles's third film for RKO Radio Pictures, after Citizen Kane (1941) and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). The project was a co-production of RKO and the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs that was later terminated by RKO.
- Espionage film spoof: scientist discovers a formula coveted by agents from all over the world, who want to kidnap him.
- The innocent brothers are wrongly accused of a crime by a corrupt and violent police officers and are forced to face the injustices of the brazilian penal system.
- Sexual adventures of a prostitute's son and a bordello owner, who like to swap women.
- Clemente Celidônio, better known as Quelemente, takes care of a herd near his house in Pajeú das Flores, Brazil. When he gets home he discovers that tragedy has struck: his sister Marizolina was raped by a stranger. Craving revenge, Quelemente goes in search of a man with a facial scar and missing one finger, as Marizolina described. During his long journey on this mission, he falls in love with Maria do Carmo. She is pregnant by the time he finds his villain, In his fight with Cesídio, Quelemente kills a police officer and the police persecute him. Quelemente marches Cesídio and a Priest to his house and forces Cesídio to marry Marizolina. Soon after the marriage, Quelé initiates a fight of death with Cesídio, interrupted by the arrival of the police, who kill Cesídio--and Maria do Carmo. When Quelé's hopes for survival are few, he arrives at Gangue de Lampião, who shoots the cops, who flee. Quelemente enters the gang, being baptized by Lampião as Quelé do Pajeú.
- Brazilian television's oldest variety TV-show.
- Four thieves enter a house and terrorize a family.
- A man and woman have secretly married. He belongs to a rich family and she is a poor, struggling actress and singer. One day, he decides to tell his family that he's married and flies to their home in Italy, but the plane crashes and he dies. When his brother goes to Spain to identify the body, he meets his now-widowed sister-in-law for the first time and discovers that she's pregnant. She asks only that the family finance the child's education. Years later the child, a girl named Marisol, is about to turn 10 years old. Hermother and uncle visit her at her boarding school once a year. Her mother has told her that she is a rich, famous actress so Marisol would not be shy with her friends about her origins, but that means the mother can never take Marisol with her in the summer or she'll know the truth. But Marisol's grandfather, who hates the mother for "stealing his son," wants to meet his granddaughter, so he asks her uncle to bring her to Italy for the summer. When she arrives, the old man and his servants think she is a happiness-bringing angel. As the summer goes by, the old man comes to love her very much. Will he try to keep her from returning to Spain?
- Fearless bohemian enters quiet city and wins the hearts of women and admiration of men while causing many conflicts.
- Claudia (Gloria Menezes) is a wealthy widow, she found in Bruno (Ronnie Von) a new love. But one morning, receives an anonymous letter containing a serious threat.
- The dream of Brazilian independence, under Dom Pedro I, is expressed in the cry of "Freedom or Death" (O Grito de Independencia ou Morte), since cries were the only way to rally up support against colonial oppression. Dom Pedro I (played by Tarcisio Meira) heads Brazil's break from his own parent's homeland, Portugal. A classic Brazilian historical costume drama epic.
- In the poor Brazil's Northeast, rural laborers join in a messianic group led by Joaquim, who believes to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Gaining power over the peasants, he begins to persecute those who does not pay absolute obeisance to him.
- Mostly remembered for his role as Emilio Largo in 007 Thunderball, Adolfo Celi was also a fine actor and passionate stage director between Italy and Brasil. This documentary by his son Leonardo is a tribute to a man between two cultures.
- Delfino, a quiet man who lives in Congonhas do Campo, a small historical town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is urged by his friend to steal the image of the Madona de Cedro (the Cedar Madonna), sculpted by the Aleijadinho in the 18th century, from the town sanctuary.
- The situation of the abandoned minors in São Paulo - the pickpockets - is of concern to a successful businessman when he witnesses a boy assaulting a woman in the bustling center of that metropolis. He then decides to use his prestige to try to change the situation of these children. In search of a solution, the businessman contacts Pelé, an instructor for the Santos Futebol Clube youth team to contribute and improve the living conditions of children in need.
- A mine boss hires a policeman to chase some runaways who stole a precious diamond.
- Zé Bomba dreams of being rich, and his neighbour dreams of being an artist and having an affair with him.
- Film in three segments. In the first, father is suspicious about his son's masculinity. The second one shows a Don Juan-like guy who, at church for his own wedding, cannot remember who the bride might be. In the third, a rich husband tries to find the tattooed man he saw escaping through his wife's bedroom window.
- A documentary that reveals about the obstacles faced by AIDS victims during its worst period when it was a new and deadly disease. There's also interviews with famous Brazilian personalities and anonymous people about the disease's pandemic all over the world, their opinions and hopes for a future cure; and fictional stories that expose how people could get infected by (at the time) HTLV-III - later renamed HIV - the virus that causes AIDS.
- In the Brazilian 30s, a blacksmith is accused of his wife's death and becomes a hero and political leader.