Movies: Adhemar Gonzaga

An unlucky woman checks in a hotel pretending to be a French baroness so she can have 24 hours of dream before comitting suicide....

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 wi...

Ubirajara, chief of the Araguaias, is engaged to Jandyra. One day, however, he falls in love with Aracy, daughter of Itaquê, chief of the Tocantins and sister of Pojucã, his prisoner. He frees Pojucã so he can declare war on Itaquê and retrieve his d...

An elderly head of the family, unlike his family—wife, daughters, future son-in-law, and servants—horrifies Carnaval, forming a humorous contrast. But, in need of money, he finds himself forced to accept the demands of an old Luzitano, who will only ...

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 pampered girl decides to marry in a different way: buying a husband....

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

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 free-spirited womanizer, he starts causing all sorts of trouble for the wealthy, respectable family of his descen...

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....

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Lelita, a rich young lady, is courted by Paulo, her cousin, but she starts to believe that he is also having an affair with her sister....

The story evolves around four women. The two lead characters, Vera and Gilda, middle-class women, are poor but ambitious. They face the bourgeois characters, Helena and Diva....

This film is about the humiliating work conditions and exploitation endured by many Latin American actors, filmmakers and writers in Hollywood....

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A Russian refugee comes to Brazil and marries a hard-working, honest man who loves her passionately. Suddenly, her husband inherits a vast fortune, and she finds herself rich, with beautiful jewelry and admirers. Until one day, her husband discovers ...

A german adventurer leads an expedition to the Serra dos Martírios, in search of gold....

Documentary about the capital of Maranhão....