Jaime Costa

Crônica da Cidade Amada (1965)

Eleven small stories, loving chronicles about Rio de Janeiro and its people, written by some of the best Brazilian writers of the time. ...

Bom Mesmo É Carnaval (1962)

Colonel Polidoro is the political chief of the small town of Passaroca. Near the city hall elections, he decides to help his candidate by setting up an adult literacy course. For this, he needs to find a competent teacher and decides to go to Rio de Janeir ...

Quanto Mais Samba Melhor (1961)

A nationalist musician, Hélio, plans to stage a samba show at a luxury hotel nightclub. The owner, Ademar, influenced by his daughter Marisa, is only interested in big jazz acts. Hélio, aided by Bebeto and Dorothéia, presents a fake Dorothy Bridge and a ...

Tudo Legal (1960)

A Viúva Valentina (1960)

Os Dois Ladrões (1960)

The sophisticated thief Mão Leve and his simple-minded accomplice Jonjoca take from the rich to give to the poor. Their new mission is raising funds in order Mão Leve's brother can study abroad. But great care must be taken lest the honest boy discovers ...

O Viúvo Alegre (1960)

Macumba na Alta (1959)

A small-time con man is run down by a drunken young millionaire . The former blackmails the other into being taken in the family mansion. ...

Mulheres, Cheguei! (1959)

Garota Enxuta (1959)

Matemática Zero, Amor Dez (1958)

Love for Three (1958)

When a woman discovers her husband's infidelity, she decides to get divorced. But he still loves her, and learning that another guy has fallen for her, decides to change places with him. He would be the lover. ...

Osso, Amor e Papagaios (1957)

A small town is taken upside down when an inventor finds a way to turn bones into gold. ...

O Pão Que o Diabo Amassou (1957)

A ruthless loan shark doesn't realize the evil that he has done to his own family: his son is waist-deep in resentment, and his daughter- married to an unsuccessful lawyer - ends up prostituting herself. ...

Quem matou Anabela? (1956)

A Pensão de D. Estela (1956)

The story takes place in a boarding house, on the verge of bankruptcy, where the most different characters parade: a solitary woman, a womanizer singer, a musical group, an unemployed doctor, a football player and a radio singer, and where everyone gets in ...

Malandros em Quarta Dimensão (1954)

Toda a Vida em 15 Minutos (1954)

Passengers aboard a seemingly doomed plane reminisce about their lives, questioning the façade of their daily social activities. Once safe at Santos Dumont Airport, they go back to their old hypocritical selves. ...

Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas (1943)

Family Football (1939)

Professor Leônidas Jau is an enemy of football, and in conferences and articles he throws all his hatred against the sport. Friendenreich, his son, however, loves the sport. Leonidas then has a falling out with his son, which may be saved. ...

O Grito da Mocidade (1937)

The lives of five young medical interns in in the emergency ward of a hospital in Rio de Janeiro. ...

O Samba da Vida (1937)

An ordinary thief and two accomplices invade a mansion whose owners traveled to Buenos Aires. They settle there with the whole family, until the real owners return. The owner's natural son saves the thief's situation when he threatens to reveal some compro ...

Cidade Mulher (1936)

A theater manager about to go bankrupt decides to accept help from his daughter and her boyfriend to save the family's finances, which she does with the sponsorship of a rich man. ...

Alô Alô Carnaval (1936)

Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical. ...

Favela dos Meus Amores (1935)

Two young men from Paris bring "wonderful civilizing ideas" into the brain. But, as they returned without pity, they began to call for an auction of the furniture and objects of art that garrison their "garconiére", last vestige of the passage of opulence ...