The publicist Claudio and the housewife and choral teacher Helena have been married for many years, but they do not understand and respect the feelings and view point of the partner. Claudio sees Helena as a shopper and "little teacher of a choral" and Helena sees Claudio as an insensitive and rough man. On the night before the fiftieth anniversary of Claudio, Mars, Earth and Jupiter are aligned and Claudio and Helena argue with each other at home and they speak at the same time "If I were you". On the next morning, when they wake-up, they have switched bodies and they have to face the difficulties of the other in the agency, in the school and with their friends and acquaintances.

　　影片《甲壳虫》兼具魔幻与写实的风格，故事发生在20世纪20年代的巴西，主人公是一位非裔苦工，他不仅自创“卡波耶拉”，更具有超自然的能力，可以躲避子弹，甚至自己能够变成一只甲虫来吓唬对手（影片片名正是由此得来），由于饱受当地警察和恶势力的欺凌，他唯有奋起抗争，与之展开连场恶斗。
　　卡波耶拉（Capoeira），香港称之为“巴西战舞”，是一种16世纪时由巴西的非裔移民所创，介于艺术与武术之间的独特舞蹈。虽然其伴随音乐节奏以通常为两人一组的方式而起舞与一般舞蹈雷同，但是舞蹈动作中结合了大量侧空翻、回旋踢、倒立等武术动作，被认为有极浓厚的实战用途，卡波耶拉舞也被认为是巴西最重要的本土文化象征与国技之一。

Luísa是个浪漫主义者，爱幻想，她嫁个一个工程师，过上富裕的生活，可是随着她的初恋的出现，她的爱情和婚姻面对重重考验...

Reunited for their mother’s funeral, four sisters – Selma, Regina, Laura and Lúcia – find themselves forced to divide much more than an apartment in Copacabana. While dividing the articles, the sisters compare options, destinies, lifestyles, and expectations. The turbulent sale of the apartment represents a turning point in their lives: they know they have never been so deeply involved as accomplices, or as sisters.