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Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008)

★ 7.5/10 117 min Drama Brazil Portuguese
Original Concepts: Breno Silveira, Paulo Lins, Patrícia Andrade
Script Consultant: Domingos de Oliveira
Screenplay by: Patrícia Andrade
Streaming: Not available

Description

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...

Top Cast

Thiago Martins
Thiago Martins
Vitória Frate Nina
Rocco Pitanga
Rocco Pitanga Carlão
Paulo César Grande
Paulo César Grande Evandro
Cyria Coentro
Cyria Coentro Bernadete
Luana Schneider Cacau
Fernando Brito Beto
Rodrigo Costa Dé Pequeno

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