Movies Similar to Laranja da China

Garota Enxuta(1959)

É de Chuá!(1958)

The film narrates the adventures of the trickster Juca Moleza in the carnival while he has to deal with the consequences of the scams he applied to people of high society.

Carnaval Atlântida(1952)

Movie producer Cecílio B. de Milho is intent on filming an epic about Helen of Troy, while some of the crew would rather turn it into a musical comedy.

Nem Sansão Nem Dalila(1955)

Barber's jeep crash against crazy scientist's house, where the latter was building a time-machine. The crash triggers the machine, taking them to Gaza kingdom, circa 1153 B.C., where they get involved in many funny situations. Spoof of Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah

De Vento em Popa(1957)

Industrialist's son returns from the USA, where he'd been supposedly studying Nuclear Physics, when in fact he'd devoted himself to pop music, without his father's knowledge.

The Man of The Sputnik(1959)

An UFO that could be the Russian satellite Sputnik falls on a hillbilly's hencoop.

A Grande Vedete(1958)

Madame Janete is an aging music hall star who insists on doing roles far beneath her real age, and whose secretary keeps her fans in a payroll. One day she meets young author Paulo and falls for him; but he is in love and engaged to ballerina Vilma, and misunderstandings abound.

Rio Fantasia(1956)

Quartet from Northeast Brazil arrive in Rio de Janeiro, to try their luck in the big city.

Maria 38(1959)

Maria is a young woman who becomes a well-known crook in the bohemian district of Lapa, in Rio de Janeiro. She earns her living with little scams and tricks. Nevertheless, she is good-hearted, and that's why her latest cheat doesn't work at all.

É com Este que Eu Vou(1948)

A hard working man goes to São Paulo to look for his twin brother unaware that he's famous for his lazyness.

Carnaval no Fogo(1949)

A gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo, robs a jewelry and schedules a meeting in the Copacabana Palace Hotel, in Copacabana. The identification would be through a cigarette case with an angel, and the password "- Is everything all right?" Meanwhile, the director Ricardo is preparing a show for the carnival in the hotel with Marina, and they love each other. The janitor Serafim receives a letter from his unknown American brother, who will come to Rio to spend the carnival and meet him, and asks Eliana for a chance in the show, since his brother believes he is an artist. When Ricardo finds the cigarette case lost by Anjo in the entrance of the hotel, he is misidentified by the thieves, and this is the beginning of lots of confusion and fun.

The Cosmonauts(1962)

After the success of the first Brazilian space mission, a scientist intends to accomplish an even more audacious feat. His goal is to launch into space the Nationalist rocket II, this time taking two humans to the moon.

Sherlock de Araque(1957)

Marido de Mulher Boa(1960)

Partner in a haute couture house, Anacleto is a ladies' man who charms all his clients and employees. Despite being married, he cares little for his wife and is always secretly arranging meetings with other women, causing a lot of confusion.

No Mundo da Lua(1958)

For a long time a couple exchanged love letters, he living in the Northeast and she in Rio de Janeiro. One day he goes to the wonderful city together with a colleague, but he soon faces a problem: since he has sent the girl a photo of someone else, he is afraid to approach and reveal who he really is. At the same time, the colleague has a falling out with a girl who defends rock 'n' roll tooth and nail.

Vamos com Calma(1956)

Panca de Valente(1968)

Western spoof. Depicts the conflict between the leader of a gang of country bandits and his former protégé, now a police officer.

A Viúva Valentina(1960)

Carnival in A Major(1955)

Depois Eu Conto(1956)

Zé da Bomba dreams of being rich, and his neighbour dreams of being an artist and having an affair with him.