How Angels are Born

Aug 6, 1996

1h 28m

★ 7.0

Violence begins in childhood

Overview

Two children flee together with a grown up from a slum in Rio because this man had problems with the local drug lord. They end up in the house where a rich American citizen lives with his daughter.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Secretaria do Audio Visual/MINC

RioFilme

Banespa

Quanta

Cinema Brasil Digital

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Cast

Branquinha

Priscila Assum

Japa

Sílvio Guindane

William

Larry Pine

Julie

Ryan Massey

Maguila

André Mattos

Camarão

Enrique Díaz

Avião

Fernando Almeida

Dona Conceição

Maria Silvia

Comandante Fiúza

Antônio Grassi

Sonia Martinelli

Graziela Di Laurentis

Mulher no carro

Malu Valle

Delegado Hélio

Clemente Viscaíno

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