Martim Francisco

A caboclo's soul wanders through purgatory (or hell), visiting many places until he boards a ship whose destination is unknown.

On a scorching summer day in Rio de Janeiro, five impoverished black boys venture out of their favela to peddle peanuts throughout the bustling city. As they navigate the various districts of Rio, they bear witness to a series of unfortunate events and encounters, unfolding a vivid tapestry of urban life in Rio de Janeiro during that period. These true misadventures shed light on the gritty reality of the city, unveiling its vibrant urban tapestry.

The life of hairdresser Aurora Boreal is marked by many unfortunate episodes. His mother works with illegal gambling and, to escape this fate, he sends female manicurists to important businessmen's houses. These workers, in order to help Aurora, end up doing much more than just their customers' nails.

Otavio has to find and marry Madame Bettina's daughter if he wants to inherit her fortune.

Carlito, a bank clerk in Rio de Janeiro, is an engrained megalomaniac. Aided by his girlfriend Marta, he executes a wild plan that involves Milton de Souza, a married businessman, director of a factory.

"Lula, 'bon vivant' who subsists at the expense of small blows, goes on with his life without a present or future purpose. Basically, he just tries to forget having been abandoned by his fiancee Helena, who gave in to his father's imposition. The situations in which he gets involved from then on are paradoxical, trying to survive in the best possible way and spending money he doesn't have, but which comes to him in one way or another. On a day of complete despair, Lula meets a group of "hippies" and leaves catechized. Willing to anything, he becomes a preacher of new customs and new ethics of life. In turn, Helena, whose marriage had failed, dreams of meeting Lula again, hoping to return to his arms.

Alberto Verani is a married farmer and a relentless womanizer. When his wife Marina is away he tries to seduce Condessa Arduini sending her a bouquet signed anonymously. However Marina is the one to find the gift and hides it from Alberto, believing she have a secret admirer. So the husband keeps sending her flowers to test the fidelity while an outsider man discovers the plot and start to takes advantage of it.

While navigating from Rio de Janeiro to Vitória, the stewards Didi (Renato Aragão) and Dedé (Dedé Santana) and the inexperienced captain of the passenger vessel Anna Nery flirt with a group of models. In the return trip, Didi and Dedé simulate that the ship is sinking, and with another steward, they kidnap the captain and use a liferaft to go to a desert island with four models. But the island is the hidden place of a dangerous gang of smugglers, jeopardizing the group.

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.

Irreverent adaptation of great writer Machado de Assis's masterpiece "Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas" ("Brás Cubas's Posthumous Memories"). A dead man tells about his love life and adventures, specially his affair with Virgília, a dubious married woman.

Tatá is a typical Rio de Janeiro guy, easy living, hedonistic, living in an apartment in one of those buildings where everything goes, in Copacabana, near the beach. One day a beautiful new neighbor, Teresa, moves into the apartment in front of his, and he falls in love.

Class differences and a childhood dream are the highlights of "A Patota". Juliana, Vicente, Pedro, and Tião are children who live in a village where the poor and the rich coexist. They dream of traveling to Africa. Teacher Neli, her boyfriend Jorge, and Professor Simões join forces to help them realize this dream.

Mário Fofoca, a bungling detective, moves to Rio and, with the help of a friend, investigates cases—starting with a wife's suspected infidelity.