Lutero Luiz

Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta (1991)

Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin. His fake burial is celebrated in high style and it doesn't take long before he starts getting himself into ...

Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor (1989)

Pedro, a poor Portuguese immigrant, comes to Brazil to try to change his life, but ends up getting in trouble. He falls in love with the wife of one of his best friends and marries her; soon after, she cheats on him. ...

The Story of Fausta (1988)

An unhappily married cleaning woman in the slums of Rio entices all the money and gifts she can out of an elderly widower. ...

Moon Over Parador (1988)

Underappreciated actor Jack Noah is on location in Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right-hand man makes Jack an offer he cannot refuse... to play the dictator. Jack's acting skills fool the masses but not close friends and employees o ...

The Dolphin (1987)

According to an amazonian legend, every month, during the full moon, a brazilian fishing village receives a mysterious guest: the Dolphin, who transforms into a human to seduce and be loved by women and hated by men. One of her conquests is the daughter of ...

Tanga (Deu no New York Times?) (1987)

The dictator of a small Caribbean island receives the New York Times daily, sent by a nephew. Through the newspaper, he gets in touch with the world. Guerrilla groups try to neutralize this information system. ...

Malandro (1986)

In Rio de Janeiro's bohemian district called Lapa, during the '40s, a stylish and popular scoundrel exploits a cabaret singer, and earns his living by means of petty swindles. But then he meets Ludmila, the cabaret owner's daughter, who wants to get rich s ...

Para Viver Um Grande Amor (1984)

Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich girl falls in love with a poor composer. Based on the musical play "Pobre Menina Rica", by Vinícius de Moraes ...

O Cangaceiro Trapalhão (1983)

Severino do Quixadá (Renato Aragão), a humble northeastern shepherd of goats, rescues Captain Virgulano or simply Captain (Nelson Xavier) and his band of cangaceiros of an ambush armed by the lieutenant Zé Bezerra (Jose Dumont), its eternal persecutor. ...

Gabriela (1983)

In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coastal town run by the local colonels. ...

The Wizard and the Sheriff (1983)

Powerful magician goes to jail for creating illusion of affluence in Brazilian town. ...

Índia, a Filha do Sol (1982)

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 Saint and the Star (1982)

Successful businessman, Paulo Chupadinha send his wife to a convent every year to really enjoy Brazil's carnival. He meets a cabaret woman that wants to make a show in his little nd peaceful village. For that, however, she will have to seduce every importa ...

Parceiros da Aventura (1979)

Rio de Janeiro crooks rove about, performing petty tricks to survive, and get involved with a woman who steals cars. ...

O Coronel e o Lobisomem (1979)

Se Segura, Malandro! (1978)

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 wave. ...

Fish in a Barrel (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. ...

Sweet Thieves (1977)

After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the reality of Brazil - with the theme of Inconfidência Mineira. ...

Costinha, o Rei da Selva (1975)

Conjugal Warfare (1975)

Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof. ...

O Marginal (1974)

Fleeing from the orphanage where he was living, young Valdo immediately entered the life of the crime, establishing himself as a dangerous adult criminal. However, his petty thefts do not satisfy him and he longs for bigger things and when he becomes a lov ...

The Devil Queen (1974)

Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can trust her subjects, however fabulous? When she sets up a stoolie to take the fall for her boy, a plot agains ...

Motel (1974)

Caseli, a young writer and teacher, creates in his imagination characters who would frequent a motel, the subject of the book he is writing. He and Dilma, his student, decide to spend a night in a motel in Rio, where eight couples meet: - Fábio, visual a ...

Aladim e a Lâmpada Maravilhosa (1973)

Aladdin and Dracolim sell a miraculous elixir with help from Marina by Aladdin who is passionate. Bandits come disguised in Aladdin's house and try to take the ring since Aladdin has the power to run a magic lamp. ...

Go To Work You Bum! (1973)

Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool match between two famous retired players. ...

A Marcha (1972)

A large protest march of escaped slaves is an episode in the history of Chico Bondade and Boaventura, who had already become legendary for their difficult and daring missions. ...

O Jogo da Vida e da Morte (1972)

Brazilian adaptation of Hamlet, set in the outskirts of São Paulo City. A teenager hears through a medium the voice of his father, who accuses his brother of murdering him. He confirms his suspicions of his uncle, and decides to retaliate, but kills the w ...