Ênio Gonçalves

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

Fernanda, a radio DJ, has a show in which she tells gruesome and gory horror stories about satanic rituals and sex murders. However, when bodies start turning up around town killed in exactly the way Fernanda describes on her show, it looks like someone or some group is using her show to get ideas.

Após perder a esposa e a caminho do suicídio, um homem se depara com O Livro dos Espíritos e começa uma jornada de transformação interior rumo aos mistérios da vida espiritual e suas influências no mundo material.

Desafio à Aventura

A group of women organize a soccer team as a manifesto against sexism.

Sorôco, Sua Mãe, Sua Filha

Transposition of the myth of Faust to modern Brazil. The heir to a bankrupt cigarette factory, amidst a personal crisis, leaves everything behind and heads for a supposed paradise he has seen in a tourist agency, where he believes he could find self-knowledge. In his search, he is inspired by a Mephisto-like character.

An innocent working girl finds a hole in her wall through which she can see the action in the next apartment, where a prostitute meets her bizarre clients.

Year 2000. Brazil was partially devastated by the Third World War. An immigrant family arrives in a small town, which they call "I Forgot." The trio is recruited by an indigenist to pretend to be indigenous during the visit of a general. In the dilemma of integrating into the system or preserving individual freedom, the family moves toward disintegration as the city prepares to launch a space rocket.

A story of a young woman who is cheating her impotent husband with the surrounding teenagers.

In "Solo de Violino", bank clerk and aspirant violinist Rodrigo is a serial killer. When his next door neighbor reveals that she is in love with his music and Rodrigo, he has difficulties in controlling his killing impulses. In "A Guerra da Malvina", four female thieves break in the house of the porn star David Cardoso to rob money and jewelry, but they end having sex with the actor.

After a heavy rain storm, several vehicles get stuck on a muddy road. Soon hunger and fatigue change people's manners, making them behave in a very noncivilized way.

A young engineer on holiday gets involved with a boy who has a strange relationship with the wind. Their close friendship arouses suspicion in the small town. When the boy disappears, the engineer is accused of murdering him.

Heleno and Claudia reverses the daily roles traditionally reserved for men and women: He dedicated himself to domestic tasks. She's a jerky business lady.

Mentally disturbed woman always ends up killing her lovers.

Strange Force

Viúvas Precisam de Consolo

Submitted for "The ABCs of Death 2" competition.

Tudo na Cama

A Noite dos Bacanais

Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.

The lives of three teachers in the outskirts of São Paulo, their love lives, their interaction with the poor surroundings, their family problems.

O Amor Está No Ar

Independent feature film based on the biography of a Brazilian judo with a great victory that went beyond the mats and medals.

Aurélia is a young black woman who works at a factory and lives in a working-class neighborhood in São Paulo, whose boyfriend Fábio gets involved with a racist neo-nazi group.

An anthology of 26 fan entries submitted for inclusion in ABCs of Death 2, each offering various takes on the letter "M".

Doce Delírio

Yet another Godfrey Ho-scripted / Joseph Lai-produced / IFD-distributed "cut-and-paste" job. This one takes much of its footage from the 1983 Brazilian movie Doce Delirio and adds new and unrelated martial arts footage shot by Phillip Ko.

Gabriel and Laura are two strangers drawn to each other by a spark of restlessness in their eyes. At Laura's sanctuary, an abandoned factory, a man with a camera will put their revolutionary fantasies to the test.

A young couple uses creativity to escape the rules of the girl's father, a conservative Italian, and her grandmother. Even under the patriarch's watch, the roguish boyfriend manages to fulfill his desires.

Em Nome da Segurança Nacional

One day away of Marcelo's wedding, the tailor, the groom and his father will have to correct much more than the suit's measures.

After separating from her abusive husband, Analu knows Fernanda, a lovely lady who offers her shelter. The friendship between the two turns into an intense love affair, but Fernanda shows possessive and violent. The situation worsens when her husband discovers her whereabouts Analu and starts chasing her. And even worse when Fernanda also rejected, decides to put an end to the life of the lover, without considering the consequences.

The young singer Beth is torn between love for the honest pianist Guy; and the powerful smuggler Estênio, who sponsors his promising career.

P.S. - Post Scriptum

The story of a civil servant who lives with his elderly mother. Falling in love with a corrupt politician's young and rich daughter, he abandons himself to crazy and violent situations.

Theodoro, a country boy goes to São Paulo from Florianópolis to work as a driver. He starts to work for rich and domineering Mariana. When her husband, Renato travels in Europe on business, he takes her for a trip to Campos do Jordão, where she has a vacation manor. It will not be long until the two begin a torrid love affair. However, he also enchants with her daughter, Ana Paula and sister, Luisa. Involved with all three, he discovers that his life may be in danger, because he finds out that two previous family drivers, Alfredo and Renato were killed in the house.

Instinto Devasso

“Rio 2096 – A Story of Love and Fury” is an animated film that portrays the love between an immortal hero and Janaína, the woman he has been in love with for 600 years. As a backdrop to the romance, the feature highlights four phases of Brazilian history: colonization, slavery, the Military Regime and the future, in 2096, when there will be a war for water.

O Homem Sensorial

Nanda must rethink her plansof studying in Amsterdam when she discovers she is pregnant. After losing the support of her boyfriend Léo, the young girl decides to return home, where she suffers a serious accident and dies.However, Helena, her doctor, is able to save her new-born twins: Francisco and Clara. Unfortunately, Clara suffers from Downs Syndrome. Helena feels a strong emotional tie to Clara and adopts her.Years later, the twins’father Léo, a young and wealthy businessman, returns to the scene, wanting to gain custody of the children.However, Helena and Alex fight to the end to retain guardianship of the twins, whom they have raised with such love.

Pedra Sobre Pedra is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Rede Globo from January 6 to July 31, 1992, with 178 episodes.

Colônia Cecília

Cláudia Toledo, a former sex symbol and a struggling actress, sees a chance to transform her life when a wealthy businessman proposes to her. What initially seemed like a dream marriage quickly unravels into a deceptive scheme, as Cláudia discovers the union is a sham to maintain appearances. She ends up falling for Tomás, a seductive construction worker, who convinces Cláudia to plot a murder to inherit her husband's fortune.