A pawn shop proprietor buys used goods from desperate locals – as much to play perverse power games as for his own livelihood, but when the...

For forty years, the public functionary and family man Lineu and his beloved wife Nenê celebrate their first date going to the same ball where...

Paulinho Gogó narrates his stories on a park bench for different listeners, while waiting for the arrival of his beloved Nega Juju.

In northern Brazil, Hermila patiently waits for her husband. However, he has abandoned her. Sexy, restless and resolute, she raffles off "a night in...

In Northeastern Brazil, twelve-year-old Maria is sold to have a better life as a housemaid. However, Maria is resold and sent to a brothel in the...

Afro-Brazilian poet and politician, the legendary Carlos Marighella. Driven to fight against the erosion of civil and human rights following the...

Veronica, a young woman, lives in Recife, one of the most violent cities in Brazil. Her life is filled with fleeting love affairs and passing...

Dario is a psychologist who has recently began taking child patients again, after going through a traumatic experience. His first patient is Sofia, a...

Teca, a late-night radio show host, uses her astrological skills to help listeners who call in for advice. But her own life feels empty and lonely....

A lesbian college graduate, trying to bankroll her own photography business, works as a high-priced New York City escort.