

Once Upon a Time in Rio
Genres
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...
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
117 min
Release Date
2008-07-25
Status
Released
Original Language
Portuguese
Vote Count
81
Vote Average
7.469
Thiago Martins
Dé
Vitória Frate
Nina
Rocco Pitanga
Carlão
Paulo César Grande
Evandro
Cyria Coentro
Bernadete
Luana Schneider
Cacau
Fernando Brito
Beto
Rodrigo Costa
Dé Pequeno
Augusto Zacchi
Alvaro
Kikito Junqueira
Café Frio
Jonathan Azevedo
Meio-Quilo
Guti Fraga
Seu Armando
Luciano Vidigal
Altamiro
Benjamin Finkielman
Seu Giba
Guilherme Coutinho
Cazuza
Marcelo Cortez
Olheiro do Flamengo
Marcos Pitombo
Dudu
Kay
Comparsa Carlão
Felipe Adler
Ike
Andressa Pinto
Menina do morro
Babu Santana
Homem do CV
Guilly Haiat
Garçon do Clube
Jeckie Brown
Comparsa Café Frio
Malena
Mulher cachorro quente
Jersiano Vieira
Cara Armado
Jorge da Silva
Segurança da Rave
Sonia Lino
Senhora da fila
Lucio André
Cara Baile Funk
Luizão Seixas
PM 1
Marcelo Barcellos
PM 2
Waldeck Freire
PM 3
Marco Lima
PM 4
Marco Heim
PM 5
Zé Mário Farias
PM 6
Marcello Melo
PM 7
Ricardo Linck
Repórter 1
Elisa Colepicolo
Repórter 2
Renata Reis
Repórter 3
Fernando Fidel
Repórter 4
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