La trampa

A wife dissatisfied with her husband's vagrancy asks her father, who lives in Paraíba, for help. He then sends two henchmen to Rio to make his daughter a widow, but she reconciles with her husband and needs to prevent the tragedy. Based on the play by João Bethencourt.

A retired civil servant decides to return to his hometown to reencounter his first and only love.

A student secretly goes back to school after getting married to one of her teachers.

The happiness of a child is marred by the harsh attitude of the captain of a boat.

A young engineer on holiday gets involved with a boy who has a strange relationship with the wind. Their close friendship arouses suspicion in the small town. When the boy disappears, the engineer is accused of murdering him.

For reasons that will be revealed in the end, a woman mysteriously returns to her parents' home on her wedding night.

A man tries to avenge the death of his sister, a gambling addict. Another man, an ex-convict who whistles when he commits a crime, is reunited with his blind mother.

The relationship between an experienced woman and a youngster which develops in a passion and a further social rejection.

A six-time widowed man lives with his six mothers-in-law and is looking for a new wife.

Eleven small stories, loving chronicles about Rio de Janeiro and its people, written by some of the best Brazilian writers of the time.

Mrs. Pérez wants to get divorced because she believes that her husband is unfaithful to her.

A hotel becomes very popular when rumors begin to circulate about a ghost wandering its corridors.

While playing a prank, a young boy accidentally discovers the identity of a criminal lurking in the neighborhood.

To impress friends and family, Cristina pretends to be the fiancée of best-selling author Pablo Reyes. When Reyes shows up in town, he good-naturedly agrees to keep up the pretense.