 The most popular actors were David Cardoso (presented as the symbol of Brazilian machismo, who was also a director and the owner of the production company "Dacar") and Nuno Leal Maia.Among the distinguished directors of the genre were Ody Fraga, Tony Vieira and Jean Garret.Despite conditions of strict censorship in Brazil in that era due to the military administration in Brazil, the state-run film company Embrafilme was generally eager to support pornochanchadas, because they were not critical of the government and did not depict explicit sex.