Movies: Jotta Barroso

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....

A young engineer on holiday gets involved with a boy who has a strange relationship with the wind. Their close friendship arouses suspicion in the small town. When the boy disappears, the engineer is accused of murdering him....

When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifestyle, local politicians decide to exploit her influence in order to get ambiguous deeds done....

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Paulo Otávio is the host of a pirate radio station on the slums of Rio de Janeiro. He struggles to mantain the station working, since the only help he's got comes from news reporter Calói. Their story goes beyond as the city starts to face a crime wa...

The Syndicate of Brazilian Thieves tries to steal the world's greatest diamond, owned by the international star Iraya, who comes to spend the carnival in Rio. Interpol kicks in....

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Father and son are members of a decadent circus. Tired of being constantly criticized by the owner of the circus, Trombada, the ventriloquist, makes a joke about his boss, and the two fight. The clown Marreco hits their boss on the head. Now the two ...

A rich heiress arrives in Belo Horizonte from Buenos Aires to receive her fortune. After visiting her late mother's grave and picking up a rose there, she begins to receive constant phone calls from an unknown caller demanding the flower back....

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In Petrópolis, sex maniac Severino Barba de Bode flees the forensic asylum, leaving the city in an uproar....

Otavio has to find and marry Madame Bettina's daughter if he wants to inherit her fortune....

Two fishermen Dogfish names Joe and Lula discover the result of a theft of a dangerous gang of smugglers and go immediately to be persecuted by them. In pursuit of the bandits is also the federal agent Carlos, passionate young Diana, of which the fis...

The lawyer Roberto leaves his career and his fiancée behind to chase the criminals who killed his entire family in a brutal massacre....

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The life of hairdresser Aurora Boreal is marked by many unfortunate episodes. His mother works with illegal gambling and, to escape this fate, he sends female manicurists to important businessmen's houses. These workers, in order to help Aurora, end ...

Monica, a naive schoolgirl from a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, meets Virginia, a former neighbor, now living in Copacabana. Influenced by her, she decides to take on a double life: in the morning she is the suburban girl, in the afternoon she attends a ...

As the owner of a very famous bordello in Rio de Janeiro gets buried, an old scoundrel remembers his own past among the bohemian circles of the city....

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....