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Um Morto Ao Telefone (1963)
Character: Helena
This story begins with Marcelo's funeral. His family, his fiancée Lúcia and three suspicious men are the only people accompanying the coffin. By night, at home, Rosa, Ricardo and Lúcia notice something strange: Marcelo's room has been completely ransacked. Suddenly, the phone rings. Rosa answers and hears the voice of her son who had just died. The shock is too strong for the poor lady, who dies of a syncope. To understand these sinister events, we have to go back three days...
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Aviso aos Navegantes (1950)
Character: Cleia
In Buenos Aires, Frederico hides in a ship going to Rio de Janeiro to travel for free. But Azulão, the cook, finds him and blackmails him into working in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Alberto, the captain, receives a radio message saying that there was a dangerous international spy on board. Things get worse when some passports are mixed-up.
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Três Colegas de Batina (1961)
Character: Celinha
The project of urbanization of a shantytown is endangered by lack of money. To get the necessary sum, three friars start to sing in plain clothes, incognito, also recording records and doing shows in nightclubs.
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Depois Eu Conto (1956)
Character: Sônia
Zé da Bomba dreams of being rich, and his neighbour dreams of being an artist and having an affair with him.
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Amei um Bicheiro (1952)
Character: Laura
Intent on offering his fiancée a better life, countryman heads for Rio de Janeiro in search of a place in the sun...
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Nem Sansão Nem Dalila (1955)
Character: Dalila
Barber's jeep crash against crazy scientist's house, where the latter was building a time-machine. The crash triggers the machine, taking them to Gaza kingdom, circa 1153 B.C., where they get involved in many funny situations. Spoof of Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah
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Carnaval no Fogo (1949)
Character: Marina
A gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo, robs a jewelry and schedules a meeting in the Copacabana Palace Hotel, in Copacabana. The identification would be through a cigarette case with an angel, and the password "- Is everything all right?" Meanwhile, the director Ricardo is preparing a show for the carnival in the hotel with Marina, and they love each other. The janitor Serafim receives a letter from his unknown American brother, who will come to Rio to spend the carnival and meet him, and asks Eliana for a chance in the show, since his brother believes he is an artist. When Ricardo finds the cigarette case lost by Anjo in the entrance of the hotel, he is misidentified by the thieves, and this is the beginning of lots of confusion and fun.
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Mulheres de Cinema (1978)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history.
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Rio Fantasia (1956)
Character: Lia
Quartet from Northeast Brazil arrive in Rio de Janeiro, to try their luck in the big city.
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Maria 38 (1959)
Character: Maria
Maria is a young woman who becomes a well-known crook in the bohemian district of Lapa, in Rio de Janeiro. She earns her living with little scams and tricks. Nevertheless, she is good-hearted, and that's why her latest cheat doesn't work at all.
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Alegria de Viver (1958)
Character: Elisabeth
The boss of Gilberto, an exemplary employee, wants to marry him with his daughter, Elisabeth. But her cousin, an unattractive girl, appears to meet him. Gilberto, who leads a hectic life, knows Betty, independent girl by whom one falls in love. In the end, she discovers that she is the boss's daughter.
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O Barbeiro Que Se Vira (1958)
Character: N/A
Barber likes to help everybody in town. Now, he's trying to help a young couple in love defeat the girl's tutor, who is against the romance.
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Carnaval Atlântida (1952)
Character: Regina
Movie producer Cecílio B. de Milho is intent on filming an epic about Helen of Troy, while some of the crew would rather turn it into a musical comedy.
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