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7.5
Drama

Once Upon a Time in Rio

Year: 2008
Runtime: 117 min
Type: Movie
Genre: Drama

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 DÊ (Thiago Martins) is just such a man. DÊ 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 DÊ was just a young boy, and his adopted brother CarlÃŖo (Rocco Pitanga) has been jailed for a robbery that he didn't commit. One day, while working on the beach, DÊ meets Nina (VitÃŗria Frate). Nina is the only child of a successful lawyer named Evandro (Paulo CÊsar Grande), who's none to happy to discover that his daughter is dating a member of the lower class. How...

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