Once Upon a Time in Rio

Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008)

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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  • Release Date: 2008-07-25
  • Runtime: 1h 57min
  • Director: Breno Silveira

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Cast

  • Thiago Martins

  • 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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