Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008)

ALL 07/25/2008 (pt) Drama 117 Min
  • Release
    07/25/2008
  • Production
    Globo Filmes, Lereby Produções, Conspiração Filmes
  • Rotten tomato
    74%
  • Original title
    Era uma Vez...
  • Original language
    pt
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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...

  1. Breno Silveira

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Producer



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  1. Thiago Martins

  2. Vitória Frate

    Nina

  3. Rocco Pitanga

    Carlão

  4. Paulo César Grande

    Evandro

  5. Cyria Coentro

    Bernadete

  6. Luana Schneider

    Cacau

  7. Fernando Brito

    Beto

  8. Rodrigo Costa

    Dé Pequeno

  9. Augusto Zacchi

    Alvaro

  10. Kikito Junqueira

    Café Frio

  11. Jonathan Azevedo

    Meio-Quilo

  12. Guti Fraga

    Seu Armando

  13. Luciano Vidigal

    Altamiro

  14. Benjamin Finkielman

    Seu Giba

  15. Guilherme Coutinho

    Cazuza

  16. Marcelo Cortez

    Olheiro do Flamengo

  17. Marcos Pitombo

    Dudu

  18. Kay

    Comparsa Carlão

  19. Felipe Adler

    Ike

  20. Andressa Pinto

    Menina do morro

  21. Babu Santana

    Homem do CV

  22. Guilly Haiat

    Garçon do Clube

  23. Jeckie Brown

    Comparsa Café Frio

  24. Malena

    Mulher cachorro quente

  25. Jersiano Vieira

    Cara Armado

  26. Jorge da Silva

    Segurança da Rave

  27. Sonia Lino

    Senhora da fila

  28. Lucio André

    Cara Baile Funk

  29. Luizão Seixas

    PM 1

  30. Marcelo Barcellos

    PM 2

  31. Waldeck Freire

    PM 3

  32. Marco Lima

    PM 4

  33. Marco Heim

    PM 5

  34. Zé Mário Farias

    PM 6

  35. Marcello Melo

    PM 7

  36. Ricardo Linck

    Repórter 1

  37. Elisa Colepicolo

    Repórter 2

  38. Renata Reis

    Repórter 3

  39. Fernando Fidel

    Repórter 4

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 39 , Crews : 10

Keyword

Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008) 117 Min

ALL 07/25/2008 (pt)
Drama
  • Release 07/25/2008
  • Production
    Globo Filmes, Lereby Produções, Conspiração Filmes
  • Original title Era uma Vez...
  • pt
  • Revenue0.00

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...

  1. Breno Silveira

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Eduardo Hartung

    Editor

  4. Producer