Gracinda Freire

A gang of bandits led by Faustão intervene in a fight between two members of rival families, the Pereiras and the Araújos. Henrique Pereira, son of Colonel Pereira, is wounded in an ambush. Faustão rescues him and demands the father to pay a ransom in exchange for the life of his son. The bandit makes it clear to Henrique that he is not a prisoner and that he is only obeying the law of the backlands. Lucena, a henchman working for the Araújos, finds Faustão and offers twice the amount being asked to the colonel in order to take Henrique as a prisoner, but the bandit refuses the offer. Colonel Henrique pays the ransom, but the son refuses to return home, even being aware of the feud between his family and the Araújos. The young man chooses to join the gang.

Based on real-life Brazilian bandit "Mineirinho", the film follows the story of Zezé, a man falsely accused by sensasionalist press of being a high-caliber criminal who suddenly becomes one of the most wanted men of Rio de Janeiro.

Bondomil, a quiet little town, becomes famous because in its main square there's a tree with strange fruits, with the format of the male sex organ, supposed to be an aphrodisiac for women. Soon the population grows wild, and tourists gather around it.

Young and rich executive living in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, leaves his wife and kids behind and goes to Porto Seguro, Bahia, to try and live as a fisherman with his mistress.

Toquinho is a young man living in Marechal Hermes, a poor neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, together with his widow mother and a younger sister. Although he is poor, he is also ambitious, and wants to change his life. He spends all his time on the beach, at Arpoador, Ipanema, where he dreams to become a famous surfer. Besides, he usually finds Patricia there, a rich and liberated young woman, whom he likes a lot. To impress Patricia and satisfy some of her wishes, he lets himself be seduced by André, a gay guy who, in return for his sexual favors, promises him a trip to Hawaii for a surf championship.

Unhappy with what he'd got from life, Pedro Diabo becomes a dread outlaw, whom the police is looking for. In his life of crime, he has the love and support of a strange woman, Rosa Meia-Noite, chorus girl who likes to wear rich costumes in Carnival Balls.

Bonga, his three friends and his girlfriend Loló care for abandoned children in a cave on the outskirts of a city. One day, Pedrinho runs away from home and goes to live in the cave. His father, a powerful industrial, offers a reward to anyone who brings the child back.

A tireless and incorrigible seducer looks for - and seems to find - the woman of his life.

Aladdin and Dracolim sell a miraculous elixir with help from Marina by Aladdin who is passionate. Bandits come disguised in Aladdin's house and try to take the ring since Aladdin has the power to run a magic lamp.

When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifestyle, local politicians decide to exploit her influence in order to get ambiguous deeds done.

Luiza (Denise Bandeira), a quiet middle-class housewife, is married to Luís Antônio (Otávio Augusto), a lawyer for a construction firm. The couple has an eight-year-old daughter and is going through a relationship crisis. Weary of fighting, they decide to take a reconciliation trip, but Luiza chooses an alternative path.

Pra Quem Fica, Tchau tells the story of a teenager from the interior who comes to Rio, financed by an uncle, and goes to live with a womanizer cousin.

In a gypsy camp, D'Gajão and Nadja celebrate their marriage. Nearby, the foreman Justin tries to seduce the daughter of his boss, but she dies by hitting his head on a rock. Justin blames the Roma for death, commanding a massacre in the camp. The only survivor is D'Gajão, chasing the bad guys in an insatiable revenge, trying to save his fiancee kidnapped by unscrupulous farmer.

Girl and her boyfriend are kidnapped. She develops a strange attraction to her kidnapper and the two get involved.

70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age.

A down-on-her-luck former inmate tries to reconnect with her daughter--to the objections of her sister who raised the girl, meets a millionaire, and transforms into a strong woman, returning to society at Dancin' Days nightclub's opening.

Patricia, an orphan living in a traveling amusement park, believes the stars will bring her happiness. One day, an astrologer predicts the impossible: the young woman, an Aquarius, will fall in love with a Pisces boy, a sign initially incompatible with hers. The girl does, in fact, become enchanted by the wealthy student Renato, but he doesn't feel the same way. Patricia travels to Rio de Janeiro, where she befriends a gentleman whom she affectionately calls Mr. Pepe, unaware that he is Renato's great-uncle and the owner of the company where she begins working. Mr. Pepe discovers fraudulent activities committed by his family and decides to fake his death to observe the dispute over his inheritance.

Sisters Cotinha, Das Graças, Rosário, and Dorzinha work as domestic servants in Rio de Janeiro and face difficulties in their struggle for a better life.

Romantic and dreamy, Eliana works at a five-star hotel and becomes involved with unrequited love, a bumbling gang, and a complex police story.

Juca Campos Lara dreams of poetry, but pressured by reality, he trades art for the sake of supporting his family. The struggle between making ends meet and his dream unfolds in four significant phases.

The soap opera follows the story of young Aurélia Camargo (Norma Blum), a girl who falls in love with the ambitious young journalist Fernando Seixas (Cláudio Marzo), who also falls in love with her, but rejects her when he receives an invitation to marry Adelaide (Fátima Freire), the daughter of Tavares do Amaral (Felipe Wagner), a wealthy banker. Feeling abandoned by her great love, Aurélia dreams of one day having him back. Until, when she turns 18, she is surprised with an inheritance from her grandfather, and becomes a very rich woman, allowing her to create her own rules for her life. However, for the society of the time, it was not good form for a woman to enjoy such independence. For this reason, Aurélia begins to rely on a distant relative, Dona Firmina Mascarenhas (Zilka Sallaberry), to act as her mother, and on the administrator Mr. Lemos (Alberto Perez), to guide her in business. So, she sees a great opportunity to have Fernando in her life again.