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Le Baiser sur l'asphalte
6.8
Avant de mourir, un jeune homme renversé par un bus demande à un passant de l’embrasser sur la bouche. L’homme en question, Arandir, est marié. Amado, journaliste sans scrupules, incite le policier Cunha à enquêter sur une supposée relation amoureuse entre les deux hommes. Soupçonné de toutes parts, Arandir doit également affronter les soupçons de son beau-père, de ses collègues et de sa femme.
Crime
Barra Pesada
8

Barra Pesada

Oct 31, 1977
Young robber, son of a prostitute who had killed herself, gets involved with two police informers, who force him to share the loot he gets.
Crime
Memórias do Cárcere
6.9

Memórias do Cárcere

Jun 18, 1984
In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande prison, where he experiences the disturbing treatment reserved for common prisoners.
Drama
Rei do Rio
5.5

Rei do Rio

Jun 11, 1985
Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.
Drama
Fruto do Amor
1

Fruto do Amor

Jan 01, 1981
Blum and Elza conduct Scientific and anthropological researches in a desert island, where they use as subjects a old fisherman, the house keeper and a prostitute from the country. But the affection grows between the three of them, and this feelings are capable of compromising the whole research.
Pra Frente, Brasil
7.4

Pra Frente, Brasil

Apr 01, 1982
Mid-1970s. When the military regime's "economic miracle" and the victory of the Brazilian football team on the World Cup serve as a distraction for the persecution of opposition leaders by the political police of the dictatorship. Under this context, Jofre Godoi da Fonseca, an alienated middle-class man, is mistaken for Sarmento, a political activist he met at an airport prior to his assassination. He is then arrested for being "subversive".
Crime
O Caso Cláudia
3.5

O Caso Cláudia

Aug 26, 1979
Based on the true events that took place in the 70s, in Rio de Janeiro. The body of beautiful girl Cláudia Lessin Rodrigues, actress Márcia Rodrigues's sister, was found in the seashore. After Police investigation, it was found she had been murdered on a party by a rich industrialist's son and his socialite hairdresser buddy, after much sex, alcohol and drugs, specially Mandrax (methaqualone). She'd probably resisted being raped and the killers threw away the body in the water. One of the guys tried to escape flying to Switzerland.
Crime
Bar Esperança
6

Bar Esperança

May 19, 1983
A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.
Comedy
A Noite dos Assassinos
1
In a little forgotten town three bandits robbers a bank and manages to run away with a lot of dough. The police is triggered killing two of them after a pursuit and Ruth now is the only to scape.
Action
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
O Sequestro
1

O Sequestro

Nov 23, 1981
A robber breaks into a house in the Santa Teresa district of Rio de Janeiro and kidnaps the family's youngest son. Based on a true kidnapping that happened in Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, whose victim, Carlinhos, has never been found to this day.
Crime
Rio Babilônia
5.3

Rio Babilônia

Sep 14, 1982
A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre situations, from orgiastic mega-parties to confrontations with the police, meetings with drug dealers and movie stars, facing corruption and even murder.
Drama