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O Amanhã Será Melhor (1952)
Character: Hans
The ups and downs in the lives of immigrants from post-war Europe, arriving in Brazil in search of a better future.
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A Volta do Filho Pródigo (1978)
Character: N/A
Unemployed, penniless in the big city and after accidentally stealing and killing his landlady, Antonio flees Rio de Janeiro towards Northeast of Brazil to find his mother. On the way he meets a beautiful woman and a pair of criminals.
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Desvio (1953)
Character: N/A
Ricardo is a well-educated painter who marries Ana, a poor market vendor, out of love. But Ricardo finds no inspiration for painting in marriage. Ana's demands for a more comfortable life and harassment from criminals lead him to become involved in a criminal scheme. Luckily, he escapes unharmed when the gang is apprehended. Discouraged and remorseful, he returns to spending time with old friends, but his anguish intensifies. One day, the police knock on his door.
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Uma Vida Para Dois (1953)
Character: N/A
Two men love the same woman and make a death pact, but fate surprises all three (and the public).
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Uma Pulga na Balança (1953)
Character: N/A
Swindler in jail devises a scheme to blackmail the family of recently deceased people, threatening to tell supposedly incriminating facts about their dead relatives' lives.
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João Gangorra (1952)
Character: N/A
To avoid gossips about his life, a rich man hires a butcher to play his wife's lover. But the two fall in love causing more troubles than expected.
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Macho e Fêmea (1974)
Character: Prof. Kutz
Juliano is a millionaire who leads a boring life amidst the facilities that money provides him. One day, he decides to change his routine and associates with a mad scientist, Professor Kunz, who invents a magic potion, a drug that releases the other side of the personality of those who consume it. Juliano becomes a guinea pig and tries the potion, transforming into the beautiful Juliana (Vera Fischer). However, the effects of the new drug will cause many confusions between the millionaire and the crazy professor, creating complicated situations for both of them.
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Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa (1975)
Character: N/A
Dino and Dalmo are twin brothers. Dino is very shy, and the other, the opposite: a true Don Juan. When Dalmo dies, after being shot by a furious husband, he is received in heaven by a Club of Don Juans. But, in order to be admitted, he must go back to Earth, incarnated in his brother's body, and correct three mistakes he had made in his previous life.
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Motel (1974)
Character: Gustavo
Caseli, a young writer and teacher, creates in his imagination characters who would frequent a motel, the subject of the book he is writing. He and Dilma, his student, decide to spend a night in a motel in Rio, where eight couples meet: - Fábio, visual artist and Stefânia, fashion editor of a magazine; - Ferraz, flirtatious dentist and his secretary Cleonice, shy and virgin; - Vera, wife of Ferraz and Kiko, big boy from Ipanema; - Leopoldo and his wife, an elderly couple celebrating their golden anniversary; - Detective Camilo and his assistant Dorô, who try to catch Vera in the act of adultery; - Renato, on vacation from São Paulo and Cláudia, a woman he recently met in Rio; - Gustavo and Lazinha, a couple who use extravagant artifices to achieve sexual fulfillment. In the middle of the night, the corpse of an unknown man appears, and the arrival of the police determines the most diverse outcomes for those who were looking for just one night of love.
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Os Amores da Pantera (1977)
Character: N/A
During an orgy of millionaires, a woman is mysteriously kidnapped and killed. The crime causes quite a stir in local society, as the investigations points to a very known addicted playboy. Although it's never said, the film is vaguely based on a real case happened in 1975, when socialite Ângela Diniz was killed by her lover Doca Street, in Búzios, Brazil.
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Crueldade Mortal (1976)
Character: Gustavo
Man leaves his family behind and moves to Nova Iguaçu, a poor and violent city in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. He tries to rebuild his life, but falls in love with a woman who despises him, which drives him mad.
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Floradas na Serra (1954)
Character: Gerente
Man and woman fall in love while in treatment for TB, in the beautiful town of Campos do Jordão.
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Appassionata (1952)
Character: Advogado de Rogério
Sílvia Nogalis, a renowned concert pianist, prefers her career to her marriage. On the night she performs Beethoven's "Appassionata", she learns of the death of her husband, maestro Walter Hauser.
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O Sobrado (1956)
Character: Tinoco
Based on Erico Verissimo's masterpiece, O Sobrado follows the Terra-Cambará family during the siege imposed to their house by enemies due to political differences. As the siege goes, the family tensions start to show off.
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O Comprador de Fazendas (1951)
Character: N/A
Seeing his farm in ruins, swindler tries to sell it to the first interested person, who happens to be a man who fakes being a millionaire but in fact cannot pay for the estate.
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O Pai do Povo (1976)
Character: Cientista
After a nuclear war renders all men on Earth sterile, only one remains fertile due to an unlikely stroke of luck. Dubbed the "Father of the People," he becomes the object of a tug-of-war between governments while trying to escape the mission of ensuring humanity's survival.
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Otalia de Bahia (1976)
Character: N/A
The adventures of Otalia, a strangely innocent young Brazilian prostitute who has just arrived in Salvador, Bahia. Though her belongings are stolen from her shortly after arrival, Otalia swiftly meets up with a group of charming and helpful friends.
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O Grande Momento (1958)
Character: Atílio Santini
On the day of his wedding, young man from a family of immigrants faces some problems to get the money needed for the last arrangements. The family do what they can in order to honour the great event, selling personal belongings and buying enough supplies for a decent party.
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Ódio (1977)
Character: Mário
The lawyer Roberto leaves his career and his fiancée behind to chase the criminals who killed his entire family in a brutal massacre.
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A Marcha (1972)
Character: Abolicionista
A large protest march of escaped slaves is an episode in the history of Chico Bondade and Boaventura, who had already become legendary for their difficult and daring missions.
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A Morte Transparente (1978)
Character: Delegado Costa
Beto, a young gigolo playboy, convinces his friends to break into a house to rape Marlene, a wealthy woman. They can not complete the mission, but the woman fall in love with Beto, who returns to become her lover. The case of the two, eventually involving the husband of Marlene, causes problems that the two can't solve.
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Absolutamente Certo (1957)
Character: Capanga
A man who's memorized his town's telephone directory tries his luck on a TV Show. But a small group of people who control the bettings in town try to get advantage of his simple-mindedness.
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