Miriam Pires

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O Vampiro de Copacabana
7
Carlos and Suely are a normal couple. He has some extramarital adventures and she's a standard housewife. During a Carnival, when he goes out wearing a vampire costume, Suely decides to follow a friend's advice and go for it. On Ash Wednesday, he finds her with an odalisk costume on and happier than usual.
Comedy
O Xadrez das Cores
6

O Xadrez das Cores

Jun 08, 2004
Cida is black, is 40 years old and works for Maria, an 80 year old woman, widow and childless, who is extremely racist. The mistress gloats about the maid, who puts up with being mistreated in silence, but finds a form of revenge in a game of chess.
Drama
Bonitinha mas Ordinária
4.457
The youngest daughter of a rich man has been raped by five black men in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and her father arranges her marriage to one of his employees in order to save the family’s honor.
Drama
Copacabana
8

Copacabana

Jul 06, 2001
Moments before turning 90 years of age, Alberto remembers his life, lived in Copacabana, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The film is a comedy about old age nowadays, with Copacabana as a background.
Comedy
Chuvas de Verão
5.3

Chuvas de Verão

Apr 24, 1978
70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age.
Drama
Aleluia, Gretchen
4.8

Aleluia, Gretchen

Nov 01, 1976
A German family moves to a small town in the interior of the state of Paraná, Brazil, and buys a hotel there, which soon becomes sort of a meeting point for Nazi sympathizers.
Drama
Un train pour les étoiles
5.9
In this highly stylized Brazilian drama a sax player fondly remembers one wonderful night spent with his life's love and decides to find her again. He embarks upon a quest through the wild streets of Rio to find her. Along the way he meets an assortment of odd urban underworld characters.
Drama
Brasa Adormecida
5

Brasa Adormecida

Aug 15, 1986
Rich girl travels with her fiancé (a cousin) to the family farm, where they're going to marry. But finds another cousin in love with her who does everything to hamper the wedding.
Comedy
Quanto Vale ou É por Quilo?
6.5
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.
Drama
Le Baiser de la femme araignée
7
Valentin, journaliste révolutionnaire, a été torturé et incarcéré pour ses convictions politiques dans une prison d'Amérique latine. Molina, décorateur homosexuel, est condamné pour une affaire de moeurs. Tout sépare ces deux hommes qu'on enferme dans la même cellule. Pour oublier la solitude de leurs nuits, Molina fait partager à Valentin les rêves qu'il imagine d'après les vieux films qui peuplent sa mémoire. Alors que l'animosité des deux détenus se transforme en amitié, une toile de trahison se tisse autour d'eux, inexorablement, mettant à l'épreuve leur confiance mutuelle et leur esprit de sacrifice…
Drama
Beijo 2348/72
6.8

Beijo 2348/72

Oct 01, 1990
Worker Norival's life turns upside down when he is caught kissing his co-worker Catarina during work hours. He is fired for just cause and faces the hardships of the labor lawsuit he filed against the company.
Drama
Pecado Capital
9

Pecado Capital

Jun 04, 1976
Carlão is a taxi driver who experiences a drama of conscience after fleeing bank robbers leave a suitcase with stolen money in his car: he doesn't know whether to hand it over to the police, running the risk of being accused of being an accomplice in the robbery, or whether to use the money to solve his problems.
Drama
Sonho Meu
6.7

Sonho Meu

May 13, 1994
Sonho Meu is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It ran from September 27, 1993 to May 14, 1994. It was written by Marcílio Moraes and directed by Reynaldo Boury, with co-direction by Roberto Naar. The action takes place in the city of Curitiba. It was also broadcast in Portugal.
Soap
Tieta
8

Tieta

Mar 30, 1990
Inspired on Jorge Amado's romance "Tieta do Agreste", the plot is set on the fictional city of Santana do Agreste, at Brazil's northwest, and has as main theme Tieta's life turnarounds. Twenty-five years after being chased out of town by her father Zé Esteves, she returns to her home town seeking revenge against everyone who mistreated her and laugh at her face in the past.
Drama
Desejos de Mulher
1

Desejos de Mulher

Aug 23, 2002
Fashion designer Andréa Vargas finds out the hard way she is adopted. The relationship with her sister Júlia had always been difficult, since childhood, and the antagonism grew when Júlia came between Andréa and her first true love, Diogo. But the worst is still to come: her first assistant in her atelier, Selma, is having an affair with her husband Bruno.
Soap
Senhora do Destino
7.9

Senhora do Destino

Mar 11, 2005
A story about people who succeed in life thanks to nothing but their own efforts. Maria do Carmo is the main character of the telenovela; a mother of five who struggle to be successful in life, but whose most important will be recovering the love of her daughter who was kidnapped when she was just months old.
Soap
Pedra Sobre Pedra
6.6

Pedra Sobre Pedra

Jul 31, 1992
Pedra Sobre Pedra is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Rede Globo from January 6 to July 31, 1992, with 178 episodes.
Soap
Gina
1

Gina

Oct 06, 1978
Soap
A Sucessora
7.5

A Sucessora

Mar 03, 1979
The story follows the experiences of Marina, a young country bumpkin who marries the mysterious and charismatic widower Roberto Stein, a fabulously wealthy businessman living in 1920s Rio de Janeiro. As Marina attempts to acclimate to her new marriage and responsibilities, she discovers that Stein's late wife, Alice, still seems to have a strong hold over the household. Despite her new husband's affection for her, Marina is nonetheless threatened by Alice's presence, which is made conspicuous through her old maid Juliana's obsessions and her intimidating portrait.
Drama
Locomotivas
9.5

Locomotivas

Sep 12, 1977
Kiki Blanche is a former star dedicated to her family and her beauty salon, in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. In addition to Milena, her legitimate daughter, Kiki raises Fernanda, Paulo, Renata and Regina. The great conflict of the plot is Fernanda's passion for Fábio, a man also loved by Milena.
Comedy
Irmãos Coragem
10

Irmãos Coragem

Jun 24, 1971
The fight for freedom and against oppression is the central theme of this soap opera that tells the story of the Coragem brothers: João, Jerônimo and Duda, in the city of Coroado.
Action & Adventure
Senhora
1

Senhora

Oct 17, 1975
The soap opera follows the story of young Aurélia Camargo (Norma Blum), a girl who falls in love with the ambitious young journalist Fernando Seixas (Cláudio Marzo), who also falls in love with her, but rejects her when he receives an invitation to marry Adelaide (Fátima Freire), the daughter of Tavares do Amaral (Felipe Wagner), a wealthy banker. Feeling abandoned by her great love, Aurélia dreams of one day having him back. Until, when she turns 18, she is surprised with an inheritance from her grandfather, and becomes a very rich woman, allowing her to create her own rules for her life. However, for the society of the time, it was not good form for a woman to enjoy such independence. For this reason, Aurélia begins to rely on a distant relative, Dona Firmina Mascarenhas (Zilka Sallaberry), to act as her mother, and on the administrator Mr. Lemos (Alberto Perez), to guide her in business. So, she sees a great opportunity to have Fernando in her life again.
Drama
Nina
1

Nina

Jan 13, 1978
Soap