Kassie est une new-yorkaise célibataire, intelligente et dynamique. En dépit des avertissements de son meilleur ami, le sympathique mais légèrement névrosé Wally, elle décide qu?il est grand temps d?avoir un enfant ? et cela même si aucun père n?est présent à l?horizon car elle a déjà sélectionné le donneur idéal : le charmant Roland. Alors que Kassie organise une grande soirée pour fêter sa future insémination, un Wally complètement ivre, va procéder à un échange de dernière minute qui va mettre à mal l?organisation parfaite de la future maman. Le lendemain, alors qu?il est victime d?une gueule de bois carabinée, Wally a tout oublié. Sept ans plus tard, lorsque Kassie revient à New York avec son fils, Wally va réaliser qu?il y a une troublante ressemblance entre le petit garçon et lui?
The tragedy and comedy in Carlo's life begins, grows and ends like the tragedy and comedy of Portugal. In the company of his close friend, João da Ega, allegedly a brilliant writer, Carlos, with his idle existence as an aristocratic doctor, spends his time to enjoying friends and lovers. Until he falls in love. She is a new character in this revolutionary novel. It's a vertiginous passion that goes beyond that past gloominess to reach a new and darker abyss, incest.
In the 1930's, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who had already been shot 7 times, gets involved in the battle for land and cacao plantations. His plan is to take the place of "Colonel" Santana, taking his wife and money. He starts a bloody conflict, in which many simple people and landowners die.
A historical reconstruction of the “Minas conspiracy”, a frustrated attempt to overthrow the colonial government in the late 18th century. The film criticizes the official version of the incident and questions the political commitment of intellectuals.