Manoel Rocha

A poor woman passes herself as singer that just arrives from Frances and becames a sensation on Rio de Janeiro's high society.

O Descobrimento do Brasil (The Discovery of Brazil) is an impressive historical epic recreating Álvares Cabral’s voyage to the New World in 1500,...

Nini dreams of a doll that resembles a queen living in a toy store window. Although now, first of all, it is necessary to think about paying the rent.

An ordinary thief and two accomplices invade a mansion whose owners traveled to Buenos Aires. They settle there with the whole family, until the real...

The love misadventures of a teacher, a woman who gives up living in a big city in order to teach country children how to read and write.

A young woman from the countryside comes to Rio to try to be a theater star with the support of a friend, but to achieve what she wants, she ends up...

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

In a séance, Menezes' great-great-grandfather is brought back to life in present day (1936), over a century after his death at age 26. A...

Returning from a pleasant horseback ride, two lovers on their way home contemplate each other, entranced by the modesty inherent in the rigid customs...

The lives of five young medical interns in in the emergency ward of a hospital in Rio de Janeiro.