Free adaptation of Machado de Assis' classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both.
Social & External
The people behind it
Reginaldo Faria
Brás Cubas
Petrônio Gontijo
Jovem Brás Cubas
Viétia Zangrandi
Virgília
Sonia Braga
Marcela
Otávio Müller
Lobo Neves
Marcos Caruso
Quincas Borba
Stepan Nercessian
Bento Cubas
Debora Duboc
Dona Eusébia
Walmor Chagas
Dr. Vilaça
Nilda Spencer
Dona Plácida
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A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
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Thomas is a meek man on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Despite his situation he decides to fake a work trip to go to Vallarta to confront Jero, a taxi driver who is sleeping with his wife.
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.
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A brother and sister con-artist duo find themselves scamming a grieving billionaire by convincing him they can introduce him to God, face-to-face.
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F. Ross Johnson decides to buyout his own tobacco firm RJR Nabisco after the plans of the launch of his new product, a smokeless cigarette Premier, fail on account of market rumours.
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A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.
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