Eduardo Arouca

An Argentine man at odds with his fiancée travels to Rio de Janeiro to meet her. Upon arrival, however, he becomes distracted from their quarrels, captivated by the city's tropical atmosphere.

Filmed on the beaches and in a mansion in the then 'flourishing' Copacabana, it starred a caricaturist and several figures from the journalism of that time.

It depicts the notorious criminal incident that had occured in Rio de Janeiro.