Three sins, three directors, one deliciously messy Brazilian anthology about the chaos of desire.
This film shows three episodes: "The First Sin" portrays the relationship of a man and married woman; in "Devilish", the desire between a young woman and her brother-in-law is shown; and in the episode "Cachorro!", a man sees his wife with her lover.
Acting
Fernanda Torres plays two roles with devastating specificity.
Direction
Three distinct visual languages, one unified cynicism.
Writing
Sharp dialogue that cuts deeper than the affairs themselves.
Director
José Henrique Fonseca
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of a boom of Brazilian erotic thrillers in the late 90s, when local cinema was testing how far it could push on-screen sexuality post-dictatorship.
The anthology structure deliberately mirrors 1960s Cinema Novo experiments, but swaps political critique for bourgeois moral rot—some critics called it a betrayal, others evolution.
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