Once Upon a Time in Rio

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...

Cast

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

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