Once Upon a Time in Rio

Once Upon a Time in Rio — Plot

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...

• Release date
• July 25, 2008
• Runtime
• 117 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Breno Silveira

Once Upon a Time in Rio — Cast

Thiago Martins Dé

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Vitória Frate Nina Rocco Pitanga Carlão Paulo César Grande Evandro 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