Acting
In 1970, during a glittering New Year's Eve party attended by the aristocracy, a young pantry maid named Zaíra is mysteriously murdered. Thirteen years later, the prime suspect—Gastão, a humble waiter and former colleague of the victim—seeks to prove his innocence with the help of his son, Nil, becoming entangled in the lives of the other party guests. The story also follows a cunning pair of jewel thieves: the sophisticated Antônia Regina and João Maria—a criminal lawyer and member of the declining aristocracy who takes up the cause of Nil's father.
On Paquetá Island, Carolina dreams of reuniting with a childhood sweetheart, unaware that it's Augusto, her brother's friend. After adventures and misunderstandings, the couple struggles to stay together.
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Paulo works as a journalist for a print publication and is a man of many women. He has a long-standing affair with a wealthy married woman and also begins a new relationship with Luísa, a young call girl who is his client.
A young woman and her lover draw an unsuspecting lawyer into their plan to kill her rich uncle and stay with his fortune.
In the beginning of the 20th Century, in the Northeast of Brazil, one of the first Brazilian industrialists is persecuted because he refuses to sell his business to a British company.
Eleven small stories, loving chronicles about Rio de Janeiro and its people, written by some of the best Brazilian writers of the time.
Winner of a Theater talent contest, in which he was the only one to enroll, Belizário da Silva leaves his hometown, and tries to make it in Rio de Janeiro.
