Movies: Rossana Ghessa

According to an Amazonian indigenous legend, a certain insect, Anophelis sexualis, has aphrodisiac properties: one who is bitten by it will surely die if it does not have sex within two hours. Knowing this news, Hans Muller, a scientist, moves to the...

After producing a successful underground snuff movie, were the lead actress is raped and killed, the Brazilian Miguel returns to São Paulo pretending to be the American director Michael Tracey and convinces his partner Bob Channing to cast and hire a...

A small-town school teacher leads an apparently normal life, including a longtime boyfriend. But she secretly has several lesbian affairs until the women in her life start being brutally murdered....

Carlos and Suely are a normal couple. He has some extramarital adventures and she's a standard housewife. During a Carnival, when he goes out wearing a vampire costume, Suely decides to follow a friend's advice and go for it. On Ash Wednesday, he fin...

True story of a famous and violent Brazilian outlaw nicknamed "Paraíba". After being shot, Paraíba tries to hide inside a church, where he starts remembering episodes of his criminal life....

Two friends discuss their love adventures, and the emptiness ensuing each new conquest....

OSS 177 goes on holiday to Brazil, but is called into action when he finds himself being stalked by a double....

Monica, a naive schoolgirl from a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, meets Virginia, a former neighbor, now living in Copacabana. Influenced by her, she decides to take on a double life: in the morning she is the suburban girl, in the afternoon she attends a ...

British secret agent 007½ is sent to Rio de Janeiro to recover the plans stolen from a new metal alloy. His contact is a taxi driver, who ends up being murdered by enemy agents....

Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro...

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A man seeks revenge after his sister get raped by an unknown foreign, identified only by scar and a missing finger. But his payback journey is a long way and bears its surprises....

André is the powerful owner of an illegal casino and popular gambling ("Jogo de Bicho") on the streets. His gang is in war against the gang of Fiore that is trying to steal the gambling establishments of André. When the prostitute Margot sees her old...

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A small town in Brazil is the background for this thriller about a murder, disclosing corruption among the leaders of the region....

Segment 1 - THE TIRE (O Pneu)-(20'): Pietro carries a folder full of money with him on his journey. On the road, he meets Luiza who had a flat tire of her car. He spends the night with her in a motel. Segment 2 - THE TELEPHONE (O Telefone)-(20'): Eli...

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Norma is a low middle class young woman trying to find a rich husband to have comfortable life. She poses naked for a men magazine expecting to be known in the upper class. She engages the gay Marcelinho, who is imposed by his father to get married t...

Man raised in a brothel tries to earn his living as a pimp, but gets in trouble when his girlfriend cheats him with an older man....