Carnival on Mars

Dona Violante Miranda

March 1960 •Portuguese

Ms. Violante Miranda is a bordello owner who raises a small girl as her own granddaughter. When she gets a little older, she is sent to study in Europe, and when she returns, she becomes a socialite, rejecting her previous milieu and her "grandmother".

Family Football

June 1939 •Portuguese

Professor Leônidas Jau is an enemy of football, and in conferences and articles he throws all his hatred against the sport. Friendenreich, his son, however, loves the sport. Leonidas then has a falling out with his son, which may be saved.

O Camelô da Rua Larga

October 1958 •Portuguese

Samba em Berlim

February 1943 •Portuguese

Um Candango na Belacap

January 1961 •Portuguese

During the inauguration of Brasília, Brazil's brand new capital city, singer and ballerina Gilda hides in a working-class night club to escape from an inconvenient millionaire who's trying to date her.

Garota Enxuta

January 1959 •Portuguese

Os Três Cangaceiros

January 1959 •Portuguese

É de Chuá!

January 1958 •Portuguese

The film narrates the adventures of the trickster Juca Moleza in the carnival while he has to deal with the consequences of the scams he applied to people of high society.

Here Comes the Baron

January 1951 •Portuguese

Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas

July 1969 •Portuguese

The adventures of a peaceful and infatuated man, who tries to identify the man who killed his sweetheart, an unconventional young woman who used to receive "guests" at home, calling them her cousins.

Mulheres à Vista

January 1959 •Portuguese

Entrei de Gaiato

January 1959 •Portuguese

Januário is a con man who, with the help of his equally con-artist friends, stays at the luxurious Hotel Palácio, posing as a rich cocoa farmer in order to rob and deceive tourists. Ananásia is a widow who also becomes a guest at the same hotel, with almost the same plan: to pretend to be a millionaire in order to marry some wealthy "old man". Januário and Ananásia immediately begin dating. However, their lies about their wealth make them targets of international jewel thieves who were among the guests.

Tem Boi na Linha

February 1957 •Portuguese

A Viúva Valentina

July 1960 •Portuguese

Alô Alô Carnaval

January 1936 •Portuguese

Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical.

Mulheres, Cheguei!

February 1959 •Portuguese

Eu Sou o Tal

January 1959 •Portuguese

Winner of a Theater talent contest, in which he was the only one to enroll, Belizário da Silva leaves his hometown, and tries to make it in Rio de Janeiro.

Sonhando com Milhões

May 1963 •Portuguese

Pistoleiro Bossa Nova

January 1959 •Portuguese

Two friends are looking for a quiet place where they can rest awhile. Soon they find the town they'd chosen to go is far from quiet. In fact, it's ruled by outlaws. And one of them is mistaken for the "Avenging Gunman", defender of the law.

No Mundo da Lua

January 1958 •Portuguese

For a long time a couple exchanged love letters, he living in the Northeast and she in Rio de Janeiro. One day he goes to the wonderful city together with a colleague, but he soon faces a problem: since he has sent the girl a photo of someone else, he is afraid to approach and reveal who he really is. At the same time, the colleague has a falling out with a girl who defends rock 'n' roll tooth and nail.