Newton Couto

The youngest daughter of a rich man has been raped by five black men in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and her father arranges her marriage to one of his employees in order to save the family’s honor.

When a pedestrian is hit by a bus, the simple clerk Arandir runs and kisses the moribund in a gesture of sympathy and unconditional pure love. Opportunist photographer Amado Pinheiro witnesses the scene and sees the opportunity to sell newspaper and, together with the despicable and abusive chief of police Cunha, accuses Arandir of homosexuality.

In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande prison, where he experiences the disturbing treatment reserved for common prisoners.

Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.

In Rio de Janeiro, after an altercation with his father and mother, a young man named Bebeto kills his family and goes to a movie theater, where he watches four weird vignettes.

Mid-1970s. When the military regime's "economic miracle" and the victory of the Brazilian football team on the World Cup serve as a distraction for the persecution of opposition leaders by the political police of the dictatorship. Under this context, Jofre Godoi da Fonseca, an alienated middle-class man, is mistaken for Sarmento, a political activist he met at an airport prior to his assassination. He is then arrested for being "subversive".

A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre situations, from orgiastic mega-parties to confrontations with the police, meetings with drug dealers and movie stars, facing corruption and even murder.

Based on the true events that took place in the 70s, in Rio de Janeiro. The body of beautiful girl Cláudia Lessin Rodrigues, actress Márcia Rodrigues's sister, was found in the seashore. After Police investigation, it was found she had been murdered on a party by a rich industrialist's son and his socialite hairdresser buddy, after much sex, alcohol and drugs, specially Mandrax (methaqualone). She'd probably resisted being raped and the killers threw away the body in the water. One of the guys tried to escape flying to Switzerland.

Two twin brothers, Cláudio José and José Cláudio, definitively separate when one of them decides to leave for the big city. Years later, the second brother also started living in Rio de Janeiro. One night, he is attacked by three thugs, who kill his pregnant wife and leave him disfigured. In search of revenge, he follows in the footsteps of his brother, who will find himself working for a crime figure. And in pursuit of his discoveries, he began to wage his revenge against the criminals on the same level as he had been confronted.

A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.

In a little forgotten town three bandits robbers a bank and manages to run away with a lot of dough. The police is triggered killing two of them after a pursuit and Ruth now is the only to scape.

Gregor Nastase, just arrived from Transylvania, comes to Nova Friburgo, Brazil, to meet Vladmir Vladislav, a young sculptor who is Count Dracula's direct descendant. He tells him he must capture four women for a sacrifice, according to his uncle's wishes. At first, the sculptor doesn't pay him much attention, but changes his mind when Gregor materializes the Count on an oil painting.

Young robber, son of a prostitute who had killed herself, gets involved with two police informers, who force him to share the loot he gets.

An architect has his family brutally murdered and leaves for relentless vengeance.

A robber breaks into a house in the Santa Teresa district of Rio de Janeiro and kidnaps the family's youngest son. Based on a true kidnapping that happened in Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, whose victim, Carlinhos, has never been found to this day.