Once Upon a Time in Rio

Synopsis

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...

Main Cast

Thiago Martins

Dé

Age : 35 | Popularity : 5%

Vitória Frate

Nina

Age : 37 | Popularity : 3%

Rocco Pitanga

Carlão

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Paulo César Grande

Evandro

Age : 66 | Popularity : 3%

Cyria Coentro

Bernadete

Age : 58 | Popularity : 3%

Luana Schneider

Cacau

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Fernando Brito

Beto

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Augusto Zacchi

Alvaro

Age : 46 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music	Berna Ceppas
Directing	Director	Breno Silveira
Writing	Original Concept	Breno Silveira Paulo Lins Patrícia Andrade
	Script Consultant	Domingos de Oliveira
	Screenplay	Patrícia Andrade
Editing	Editor	Eduardo Hartung
Art	Art Direction	Rafael Ronconi
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Cláudia Kopke
Department	Role	Name

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