Once Upon a Time in Rio

Once Upon a Time in Rio

7.4
2008-07-25 | 117 min
Drama

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...

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Cast

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Thiago Martins

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Vitória Frate

Nina

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Rocco Pitanga

Carlão

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Paulo César Grande

Evandro

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Cyria Coentro

Bernadete

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Luana Schneider

Cacau

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Fernando Brito

Beto

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Rodrigo Costa

Dé Pequeno

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Augusto Zacchi

Alvaro

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Kikito Junqueira

Café Frio

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