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

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Cast

Dé

Thiago Martins

Nina

Vitória Frate

Carlão

Rocco Pitanga

Evandro

Paulo César Grande

Bernadete

Cyria Coentro

Cacau

Luana Schneider

Beto

Fernando Brito

Dé Pequeno

Rodrigo Costa

Alvaro

Augusto Zacchi

Café Frio

Kikito Junqueira

Meio-Quilo

Jonathan Azevedo

Seu Armando

Guti Fraga

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