Once Upon a Time in Rio
Era uma Vez...
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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Thiago Martins
as Dé
Rocco Pitanga
as Carlão
Paulo César Grande
as Evandro
Cyria Coentro
as Bernadete
Kikito Junqueira
as Café Frio
Jonathan Azevedo
as Meio-Quilo
Guti Fraga
as Seu Armando
Luciano Vidigal
as Altamiro
Marcos Pitombo
as Dudu
Felipe Adler
as Ike
Babu Santana
as Homem do CV
Jersiano Vieira
as Chocolate
Marcello Melo
as PM 7
