Manuel F. Araujo

The story evolves around four women. The two lead characters, Vera and Gilda, middle-class women, are poor but ambitious. They face the bourgeois characters, Helena and Diva.

Maria Bonita is a girl who, because of her beauty, draws the attention of many suitors. Although João Canoeiro likes Maria Bonita, the girl falls in love with Luiz.

A 1923 Brazilian silent comedy film directed by Luiz de Barros, now considered a Lost Film. Augusto Aníbal Quer Casar is recognized as the first portrayal of an LGBT character in Brazilian cinema history.

Carmen, a poor and beautiful woman, lives in a shantytown in Rio de Janeiro. All men desire her, including her stepfather, but she only has eyes for her boyfriend, Milton. After being expelled from home, she finds out her lover is married. Unhappy with her life, she finds a place in a boarding house and tries to find a job, with no success. Tired and starving, she ends up passing out in the street, being helped by a passer-by, who leaves her at writer Flávio Martins's house, a man torn between the proposal of an arranged marriage, an old flame, and the new guest.

Lost film. Mack Sennet-style comedy, with bathing girls.

Reconstruction of the lost film "Augusto Aníbal Quer Casar," which turned 100 years old in 2023.

A woman flees to an isolated island, expecting peace and inspiration to write a novel. Her arrival, however, threats the stability of the islanders' lives as it stirs conflict between two men.