Peixe-de-Espada (literally, sword-fish), a retired Army colonel, his wife and nubile daughter are spending their holidays at the Palace Hotel, in the company of a lady doctor, Doctor Pilulas (literally, pills). He tells tall-tales of his African adventures, and she finds ways to promote the excellency of the pills of her own fabrication. To spend some time with Gabriela, his gi...
The story of how Gracinda, a young washerwoman, tries to revitalize her decadent business with the help of Chico, for whom she's in love, and her uncle, who has a fiery rivalry with Quitéria, owner of another laundry business
Francisco, salesman in a shoe store, is totally in love with Tato, which sells perfume in the same street. But he is an amateur theater actor, as she hates theater and is a fan of cinema. Will this unlikely love endure
The story of how the conflicting relationship of Eduardo and vaudeville actress Isabel is affected by the passion he feels for their neighbor, Mariana, a young overprotected, and the unexpected visit of his uncle Plácido, a moral teacher
A satirical and delirious short which sums up the obsessions of Joo Cesar Monteiro : film-making and... young women.
Joo Raposo do Audio-Visual, a film-maker without any talent, pretend to write a new film. But the hypothetical project is, above all, a way to recruit an actress.
重拍自 1940 年代的同名喜劇作品，以當代人的目光重新演繹。窮小子 Chico 日間在百貨公司打工，夜晚就排戲做演員。Chico 愛上新潮女子，佳人卻誤聽《我的專制父親》舞台劇排演，以為 Chico 是王室後人！Chico 將錯就錯，與劇團人一起將心儀對象誤會的劇本內容弄假成真。這位優柔寡斷的空心老倌到底能否一路瞞到底，最後抱得美人歸？電影帶我們穿梭戲劇內外的虛實之間，還有歡樂開懷的群演，雅俗共賞。一個接一個誤會，要做自己，還是繼續假扮望族？一台好戲，在此上演！
