Luiz Mendonça

Ventura, manœuvre retraité cap-verdien, erre dans une Lisbonne labyrinthique et cauchemardesque. Il se remémore la manière dont lui et ses amis du quartier Fontainhas ont traversé la Révolution des Œillets, dans la peur de la répression. Dans son errance Ventura rencontre Vitalina qui lui raconte sa propre histoire d’exil.

A military man picks up a Native Brazilian woman and heads to a gold panning site where he has undisclosed business to attend to.

The story of Severino, a man who tries to escape the misery and the drought prevailing in the rural backcountry of the Northeast of Brazil. He heads for Recife, passing through desert and forest regions, expecting to find a better life.

Check out the hilarious story of luck and misadventures of Tino, a family man whose life is transformed after he wins the lottery. Dazzled by wealth, this boaster spends all his money on a life of luxury and ostentation. But after finding out that he is bankrupt, he faces comical situations: besides not telling his wife he is broke because she is pregnant and cannot get upset, Tino must accept help from his neighbor who is an extremely thrifty financial adviser and the only one capable of getting him out of the rut.

The counterfeiter Clementino begins to be pursued by Interpol. Arriving in Sao Paulo, he notices the presence of the police and suffers an accident. However, he has a double, which causes enormous confusion.