 "As Cariocas" (the women from Rio) is a dramatic comedy, presented as three different episodes, based on stories by famed (in Brazil) Stanislau Ponte Preta. Each story is adapted and directed by a different director, two of them now among Brazil s most acclaimed film makers. The 3 stories deal with the lives of 3 young Rio women. All three live in states of desperate loneliness, in contrast to the apparently vibrant social scene in Copacabana, then Rio s best and liveliest area, arguably the world s most beautiful and swinging beach scene at the time (early to late 60s).