Como Consolar Viúvas

This campy pornochanchada (softcore sexploitation comedy) is very probably the best movie José Mojica Marins, famous for his horror character Coffin Joe, directed under the pseudonym he used to bear while directing that kind of erotic film, J. Avelar. Despite hiding his name, Mojica at some moment plays mentioning Coffin Joe, what is a nice gag. Far from serious, the film works and is actually funny (and also sensual sometimes). Sexy actresses Zélia Diniz, Vosmarline Siqueira and Lourênia Machado are well filmed in atractive scenes, and the leading role character, an impoverished ex millionaire scoundrel played by Vic Barone, is amusing. Script is campy and dark humored, in the style of an adult cartoon, and it is surprisingly nice. In the middle of the film, supernatural becomes present and it is also quite funny. A gem from a decaying sexploitation moment in Mojica's filmmaker career.

In São Paulo, the playboy Aquiles (Vic Barone) is completely bankrupted, with the legal officer (José Carvalho) and the police officer (David Hungaro) knocking on his front door charging his debts. However, his loyal butler Vitório (Chaguinha) protects him telling that he is not in the apartment.

When Aquiles reads on the newspaper that the three son-in-laws of the wealthy Leocárdio (João Paulo) are missing in a plane crash, Vitório tells that he knows the family since he had a love affair with the housemaid Marieta (Vic Militello).

The widows Dina (Vosmarline), Bebê (Zélia Diniz) and Lena (Lorenia Machado) live a reclusive with their father and their repressive Aunt Dadá (Helena Samara). Aquiles decides to visit them during the night disguised as their husbands Juju, Lalau and Danúzio to lure them and get money for him.

However, when the three women get pregnant, their father summons a doctor (Walter Portella) that is puzzled with the mystery and suggests Leocárdio to invite Father Levedo (Renê Mauro) to exorcise the ghosts. The situation of Aquiles gets complicated when Danúzio returns home and the real ghosts of Juju and Lalau decide to punish him.

"Como Consolar Viúvas" is a supernatural low-budget erotic comedy by José Mojica Marins using the pseudonym of J. Avelar. The story is silly, but there are funny moments and specially a joke with the true identity of the director when Aund Dadá says: "Entrem, alunazinhas do Zé do Caixão. Este filme de terror está ficando complicado". ("Come in, little students of Zé do Caixão. This horror film is getting complicated"). My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Como Consolar Viúvas" ("How to Console Widows")