Raised as Catholics by the Queen of Portugal, the orphans Leonor, Brites, and Mécia are sent to the Brazilian colony with the order to get married. The harsh adaptation to the precariousness of the New World is felt differently by each of them.

On an unusual day, a series of coincidences lead Eduardo to meet Monica at a party. A curiosity is aroused between the two and, despite not being alike, they fall madly in love. In 1980s Brasília, their love needs to mature and learn to overcome differences.

A film-crew in the early twentieth century, the cabaret known as ‘Le Fol Espoir’ has been transformed into an amateur soundstage. The motion picture tells the story of a ship and its passengers – from the famous opera singer down to the petty criminal. The film is an optimistic political fable intended to educate the masses. There’s comedy aplenty – slapstick punches, custard pies and gags reminiscent of Buster Keaton and Fatty Arbuckle; there’s adventure, high drama moments of great bravura , and passionate love stories. The filming begins on June 28th 1914, the day of the Archiduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination in Sarajevo, the gunpowder that sets Europe alight. It ends with news of another assassination – that of Jean Jaures on July 31st followed by the general conscription of August 1st, heralded by church bells across France. The allegory of the shipwreck is filmed at breakneck pace during the last five weeks before war breaks out.

A small town is stirred by anonymous notes delivered during the night, telling the secrets of its inhabitants.

厌倦了孤独的生活，人到中年的玛丽亚梦想着找到真爱。她父亲在他出生时答应将她的贞洁交给圣人贾米尼尔，一个没人听说过的圣人。看上去只有奇迹才能帮助她脱离生活的束缚。尽管如此，玛丽亚愿意不惜一切代价找到她的真命天子。

巴西导演Luiz Fernando Carvalho的故事片处女作，171分钟的长片。情节和主题意味深重：通过一个离家出走的年轻男孩子，讲述了巴西乡间，一个虔诚的基督教家庭的悲剧。这家庭，太充满爱意，太圣洁，太有序、太美好了，连镜头都沉于安稳之中，流动于井然安详的条理，静穆在神圣的威严之下。而那欲望、那热情，太炽烈，太狂放、太撕心裂肺，它暴露在过分的特写之中、摇曳在离乱的剪辑之外。永恒不变的是悲剧的主题：无望的情欲、无知的物欲，终于摧毁了一切的安然与恬美；游离在疯狂凌乱之外的，只有时间与泥土。