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Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008)

Era uma Vez... (2008)

Once Upon a Time in Rio
117 minutes PT Drame
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

Cyria Coentro
Bernadete
Rodrigo Costa
Dé Pequeno
Kikito Junqueira
Café Frio
Jonathan Azevedo
Meio-Quilo
Guti Fraga
Seu Armando
Marcelo Cortez
Olheiro do Flamengo
Kay
Kay
Comparsa Carlão
Andressa Pinto
Menina do morro
Babu Santana
Homem do CV
Guilly Haiat
Garçon do Clube
Jeckie Brown
Comparsa Café Frio
Malena
Mulher cachorro quente

Crew

Rafael Ronconi
Art Direction
Cláudia Kopke
Costume Design
Paulo Brakarz
Cinematography
Dudu Miranda
Cinematography
Ilana Brakarz
Executive Producer
Renata Brandão
Executive Producer
Maíra Donoso
Producer
Breno Silveira
Original Concept
Paulo Lins
Original Concept
Patrícia Andrade
Screenplay
Domingos de Oliveira
Script Consultant