1957
Taxi driver gets in a jam when he receives a lot of money as inheritance from a distant family member when in fact, the money came from a bank robbery.
1959
Somebody is selling songs for two recording companies, simultaneously. The owner of one of them hires a detective to find out the swindler's identity. But the private-eye is clumsy, and messes things up even more.
1958
Alligator raiser from the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, travels to his nephew's, and takes the maid Etelvina for his nephew's wife.
1962
After the success of the first Brazilian space mission, a scientist intends to accomplish an even more audacious feat. His goal is to launch into space the Nationalist rocket II, this time taking two humans to the moon.
1961
The Gerimum Trio arrives in Rio de Janeiro wanting to make it big in their artistic careers. They struggle with great difficulties and even sing in the street. The police pursue the three, who end up in the place they most want to be: a television studio. Mistaken for northeastern congressmen, they are taken to the TV director-general, Mr. Walter. Shortly after, Marly, the advertising star, and her secretary, Josias, enter. A heated argument ensues, but the situation is resolved when the real congressmen show up.
The film narrates the adventures of the trickster Juca Moleza in the carnival while he has to deal with the consequences of the scams he applied to people of high society.
During the inauguration of Brasília, Brazil's brand new capital city, singer and ballerina Gilda hides in a working-class night club to escape from an inconvenient millionaire who's trying to date her.
1960
Ms. Violante Miranda is a bordello owner who raises a small girl as her own granddaughter. When she gets a little older, she is sent to study in Europe, and when she returns, she becomes a socialite, rejecting her previous milieu and her "grandmother".
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.