Once Upon a Time in Rio

Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008)

Drama

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...

Director: Breno Silveira
Writer: Patrícia Andrade

Casts

	Thiago Martins as Dé
	Vitória Frate as Nina
	Rocco Pitanga as Carlão
	Paulo César Grande as Evandro
	Cyria Coentro as Bernadete
	Luana Schneider as Cacau
	Fernando Brito as Beto
	Rodrigo Costa as Dé Pequeno
	Augusto Zacchi as Alvaro
	Kikito Junqueira as Café Frio
	Jonathan Azevedo as Meio-Quilo
	Guti Fraga as Seu Armando
	Luciano Vidigal as Altamiro
	Benjamin Finkielman as Seu Giba
	Guilherme Coutinho as Cazuza
	Marcelo Cortez as Olheiro do Flamengo
	Marcos Pitombo as Dudu
	Kay as Comparsa Carlão
	Felipe Adler as Ike
	Andressa Pinto as Menina do morro
	Babu Santana as Homem do CV
	Guilly Haiat as Garçon do Clube
	Jeckie Brown as Comparsa Café Frio
	Malena as Mulher cachorro quente
	Jersiano Vieira as Chocolate
	Jorge da Silva as Segurança da Rave
	Sonia Lino as Senhora da fila
	Lucio André as Cara Baile Funk
	Luizão Seixas as PM 1
	Marcelo Barcellos as PM 2
	Waldeck Freire as PM 3
	Marco Lima as PM 4
	Marco Heim as PM 5
	Zé Mário Farias as PM 6
	Marcello Melo as PM 7
	Ricardo Linck as Repórter 1
	Elisa Colepicolo as Repórter 2
	Renata Reis as Repórter 3
	Fernando Fidel as Repórter 4

Crew