Lázaro Ramos

After failing to be admitted into the renowned Sao Paulo Symphonic Orchestra, talented violinist Laerte is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school in Heliopolis, the biggest favela of Brazil. His path is full of difficulties but the transforming power of music and the friendship arising between the professor and his students opens the doors into a new world.

Karinna, a beautiful young prostitute, meets two hustlers, Deco and Naldinho. Both of them fall heavily in love with her but in doing so, threaten to destroy their own life-long friendship. As the trio live and love among the demi-monde of the coast of Bahia, a bloody brawl leads to them attempting to follow their own individual paths, but will they succeed?

Tom has just become a father and, along with his wife Elisa, he will learn firsthand how to take care of his daughter. Amid fun and exciting everyday situations, Tom discovers the real meaning of fatherhood. Loosely inspired by the bestseller Dad is Cool, by Marcos Piangers.

When the Christmas holiday disappears overnight, a clumsy newly blended family needs to recreate the holiday, its spirit, and its not at all Brazilian traditions in a world where no one has ever heard of Christmas.