Maria 38

Los locos también piensan

January 2005 •Spanish

After the troubled, worn-out playwright Filomeno gets his movie script rejected, he devises a big plot to demonstrate his writing skill.

Carnival in A Major

February 1955 •Portuguese

A Dupla do Barulho

August 1953 •Portuguese

Tonico and Tião are two vaudevillian artists who travel across Brazil in search of fame and success. A crisis hits the duo when Tião gets tired of being a setup for Tonico's jokes in their numbers and leaves the troupe.

Laranja da China

January 1940 •Portuguese

Entre Mulheres e Espiões

January 1963 •Portuguese

Os Apavorados

June 1963 •Portuguese

Aviso aos Navegantes

February 1950 •Portuguese

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.

Carnaval Atlântida

February 1952 •Portuguese

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.

Matar ou Correr

February 1954 •Portuguese

"High Noon" spoof. Kid Bolha and Ciscocada, two clumsy swindlers, arrive at a violent Old West town called Citydown where, by mistake, one of them is appointed Sheriff. They're intent on facing the dreaded Jesse Gordon, a gunman who kills for pleasure.

Nem Sansão Nem Dalila

February 1955 •Portuguese

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

De Vento em Popa

April 1957 •Portuguese

Industrialist's son returns from the USA, where he'd been supposedly studying Nuclear Physics, when in fact he'd devoted himself to pop music, without his father's knowledge.

Os Dois Ladrões

February 1960 •Portuguese

The sophisticated thief Mão Leve and his simple-minded accomplice Jonjoca take from the rich to give to the poor. Their new mission is raising funds in order Mão Leve's brother can study abroad. But great care must be taken lest the honest boy discovers the origin of the money.

A Grande Vedete

April 1958 •Portuguese

Madame Janete is an aging music hall star who insists on doing roles far beneath her real age, and whose secretary keeps her fans in a payroll. One day she meets young author Paulo and falls for him; but he is in love and engaged to ballerina Vilma, and misunderstandings abound.

A Baronesa Transviada

August 1957 •Portuguese

Manicurist finds out she's the daughter of a rich baroness, and inherits her fortune. Now, she'll have to fight her mother's parents, with help from some of her friends.

Depois Eu Conto

July 1956 •Portuguese

Zé da Bomba dreams of being rich, and his neighbour dreams of being an artist and having an affair with him.

Rio Fantasia

January 1956 •Portuguese

Quartet from Northeast Brazil arrive in Rio de Janeiro, to try their luck in the big city.

De Pernas Pro Ar

July 1957 •Portuguese

A street vendor and a servant theater, newly unemployed, accidentally swap their briefcases trinkets for one of three bandits who just rob a bank. The chase, which also involves two "rapas" only ends when, aided by a chorus girl, unwittingly participating in a musical number of the show's theater company.

Vamos com Calma

January 1956 •Portuguese

... E O Mundo Se Diverte

March 1949 •Portuguese

Mulheres, Cheguei!

February 1959 •Portuguese