Eucaris Moraes

Simple and popular hillbilly Jeca is forced to get involved in politics, when the leaders of the region, competing to be elected mayor of the town, try to get his support.

An anthology divided in three segments, helmed by three of the most important Brazilian directors of the 20th century. A mother becomes involved with black magic and offers a virgin woman to the Devil in exchange for curing the illness of her only son. A poor laborer is the only man in the village with courage to face a group of guerrilheiros ("guerrilla ghosts") that haunt the minds of the locals. A young man is afflicted by fear of reptiles and spiders and the fear of being buried alive. When he undergoes a shocking event, he becomes unresponsive and is mistakenly buried, only to revive in the coffin after burial.

Zé do Caixão, dit Coffin Joe, un croquemort nitzschéen dans l'âme, cherche la "femme parfaite" qui pourra donner naissance à l'être supérieur. Mais dans un petit village paumé du Brésil, où la population vit dans la peur permanente de la punition céleste, la quête de Zé n'est pas chose facile. D'autant plus qu'il abhorre tous ces paysans crédules, et que sa femme, Lenita, est stérile. Zé décide donc de l'éliminer afin d'avoir le champ libre pour conquérir Terezinha, la fiancée de son meilleur ami, Antonio. Terezinha refusant ses avances, Zé la viole après avoir fracassé la tête d'Antonio. Souillée, elle se suicide mais promet à Zé de revenir hanter son âme...