Marta Biavaschi

Raul and Saul work at the same office. Raul, outgoing and good-natured, comes from a broken marriage. Saul is shy, with a critical and bitter disposition, is recovering from a failed suicide attempt. In spite of their differences, they become quite good friends. But their colleagues begin to wonder whether there's something beyond friendship between them.

A group of artisans sell handmade wallets, belts, bags and sandals at Rua da Ladeira, but the production is disorganized. A young businessman decides to invest in the boys, divides them into work groups and decreases their resting hours. In return, he offers them a great place to live. Their “industry” starts to make a profit, but those who work continue to earn very little.

At 24, our hero is a trained journalist but has a much simpler job. His flat full of discs, movies, and books, but he has trouble socializing. This situation can't last long.

Between a desperate love, the kind that ends up with the dishes on the floor, and a romantic passion, the kind that seems like it will never end, a supermarket goer has a temporary affair with the girl at the checkout.

Fictional documentary about the cultural heritage of Porto Alegre, based on texts by Erico Verissimo, Dyonélio Machado, Saint-Hilaire and Souza Brandão. The historic buildings of the center are shown through the eyes of two characters who move through the city that changes and the city that remains.

Four students live in an urban community, where, in principle, everything can be discussed, divided, shared: each one's allowance, personal objects, relationships, political commitments. But things start to change with the arrival of a fifth resident, older and disillusioned, who puts in check the capacity of each one to live according to their ideas.

A couple, on the edge of incommunicability, seeks reconciliation on a quiet beach during Carnival. A native of this fishing village reveals and ritualizes the elements of nature. Intermediated by their action, we accompany the transformations of the couple and the small community.