O Segredo das Asas

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.

Reconstruction of the historical episode of the Inconfidência Mineira (Minas Conspiracy).

A theater manager about to go bankrupt decides to accept help from his daughter and her boyfriend to save the family's finances, which she does with the sponsorship of a rich man.

In the beginning of the Twentieth Century, in Belo Horizonte, the industrial Sampaio lives in a manor house with his stepdaughter Carmen, who has a sort of engagement with Roberto...

A young man from Rio who, down on his luck in the capital, takes a job as manager of a sugar mill in the country, where he finds love with the mill owner’s daughter. The former manager, who had been demoted for incompetence, becomes jealous and tries to sabotage the mill.

A man kills his wife on their wedding night, after discovering she had been unfaithful. After being acquitted, he moves to the country, where he becomes part of a love triangle.

A short documentary about the Victoria Regia.

In Rio de Janeiro, Gilberto (Celso Guimarães) is a talented artisan engaged of Marina (Lídia Mattos), working in a pottery factory. He is hired by the millionaire widow Luciana (Carmem Santos) to perform a restoration in her castle in Correas, a district of Petrópolis. He suffers an accident and Luciana lodges and treats him for a long period, and they fall in love for each other.

An adaptation of Machado de Assis' eponymous short story, preceded by a short telling of the author's life and works.

Between captured images, animations and scientific descriptions, the puraquê electric fish is presented through the eyes of Humberto Mauro and Carlos Chagas Filho.

Historical information about the opera "O escravo", by Carlos Gomes, highlighting the fourth act, in which Iberê sings Iara's love.

The epic of the exploration and conquest of the Brazilian territory, in search of gold and precious stones.

The need for water in human life.

Biographical data about Castro Alves: the different cities where he lived, the love misadventures, the school institutions where he studied and his poetry. Countryside landscapes illustrate the narrated trajectory. Negra caresses a child in a performance by Castro Alves with her nanny Leopoldina. Men work in pestles, weed. Views of the cities of Cachoeira and Salvador. In the capital, highlights include the Church, Feira de Meninos, the Solar da Boa Vista. Views of the city of Recife. The Recife Faculty of Law. A herm of the poet. The Santa Isabel Theatre. Return to Salvador and the São João Theater.

A panel of the capital of Minas Gerais at the end of the 1950s. Aspects of its modern layout, the result of a pre-established urban plan, with its communication routes, squares and public buildings. Understanding the history of the city and its geographical location. Considerations on teaching, commerce and industry. Pampulha and residential neighborhoods.