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Once Upon a Time in Rio
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Once Upon a Time in Rio

Jul 25, 2008
1h 57m
★ 7.5

Overview

Situated just above the awe-inspiring Ipanema beach in Rio is the Cantagalo slum. Every day, floods of Cantagalo residents make their way down the mountain, only to disappear into their surroundings as part of the invisible working-class that cleans apartments, works in restaurants, and sells food along the scenic, sun-drenched shores. Young Dé (Thiago Martins) is just such a man. Dé lives with his mother Bernadette (Cyria Coentro) in a cramped Cantagalo apartment, selling hot dogs on the beach in order to make the rent. His brother Beto was killed when Dé was just a young boy, and his adopted brother Carlão (Rocco Pitanga) has been jailed for a robbery that he didn't commit. One day, while working on the beach, Dé meets Nina (Vitória Frate). Nina is the only child of a successful lawyer named Evandro (Paulo César Grande), who's none to happy to discover that his daughter is dating a member of the lower class. How...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Globo Filmes
Lereby Produções
Conspiração Filmes

Cast

Thiago Martins

Dé

Thiago Martins

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Nina

Vitória Frate

Rocco Pitanga

Carlão

Rocco Pitanga

Paulo César Grande

Evandro

Paulo César Grande

Cyria Coentro

Bernadete

Cyria Coentro

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Cacau

Luana Schneider

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Beto

Fernando Brito

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Dé Pequeno

Rodrigo Costa

Augusto Zacchi

Alvaro

Augusto Zacchi

Kikito Junqueira

Café Frio

Kikito Junqueira

Jonathan Azevedo

Meio-Quilo

Jonathan Azevedo

Guti Fraga

Seu Armando

Guti Fraga

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