Roberto Oliveira

Joana, 13, wants to find out why her great-aunt died at 70 without ever having dated anyone. As she confronts the values of her community in Southern Brazil, Joana realizes that all the women in her family have a secret, while something hidden inside her also reveals.

Brazil, 1961. In the underground of the Piratini Palace, the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Leonel Brizola, awaits a bombing by the Brazilian armed forces. The country is on the verge of a civil war, following the resignation of president Jânio Quadros and the movement to keep vice-president João Goulart from taking office. Using the radio transmitter from his improvised bunker, Brizola sets up the Legality movement, to ensure Goulart's right to the presidential chair. Caught in the crossfire, two brothers who are in love with the same woman unite to fight alongside Brizola.

The impact of graffiti as a cultural phenomenon in the city of São Paulo and its international influence as one of the main currents of Street Art The film participated in the exhibition Ne dans la Rue (Born in the Street), the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris. The documentary shows the reality of taggers, accompanies some actions, conflicts with the police and shows a different view of some interventions already much exploited by the media. The film does not provide answers, but provides arguments for the debate: is graffiti art or a crime?

In Porto Alegre, the unemployed Ciro has a dull life in a simple apartment with a nameless stray dog that he had found on the streets. Ciro is supported by his parents and works every now and then in translation of Russian. When he meets the aspirant actress Marcela, who dreams on traveling to other places, they immediately fall in love for each other. However, Marcela has a lymphoma and travels for a treatment, and alone Marcelo becomes depressed and returns to his parents home.

The film tells the story of sixteen people in the hottest day of the year in the city of Porto Alegre.