Once Upon a Time in Rio
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...
About Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008)
Released in 2008, Once Upon a Time in Rio is a drama film from Globo Filmes (Brazil). It was directed by Breno Silveira and written by Patrícia Andrade. The cast is led by Thiago Martins, Vitória Frate, Rocco Pitanga, Paulo César Grande and Cyria Coentro. With a runtime of 1h 57m, the film averages 7.4/10 across 87 TMDB ratings.
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