Once Upon a Time in Rio
117 mins
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...
Luana Schneider
Cacau
Fernando Brito
Beto
Rodrigo Costa
Dé Pequeno
Benjamin Finkielman
Seu Giba
Guilherme Coutinho
Cazuza
Marcelo Cortez
Olheiro do Flamengo
Kay
Comparsa Carlão
Andressa Pinto
Menina do morro
Guilly Haiat
Garçon do Clube
Jeckie Brown
Comparsa Café Frio
Malena
Mulher cachorro quente
Jorge da Silva
Segurança da Rave
Sonia Lino
Senhora da fila
Lucio André
Cara Baile Funk
Luizão Seixas
PM 1
Waldeck Freire
PM 3
Marco Lima
PM 4
Marco Heim
PM 5
Zé Mário Farias
PM 6
Ricardo Linck
Repórter 1
Elisa Colepicolo
Repórter 2
Renata Reis
Repórter 3
Fernando Fidel
Repórter 4
Rafael Ronconi
Art Direction
Eduardo Hartung
Editor
Cláudia Kopke
Costume Design
Paulo Lins
Original Concept
Dudu Miranda
Cinematography
Paulo Brakarz
Cinematography
Ilana Brakarz
Executive Producer
Pedro Buarque de Hollanda
Producer
Maíra Donoso
Producer
Mirella Giraldi
Executive Producer
Pedro Guimarães Rosa
Executive Producer
Leonardo Monteiro de Barros
Executive Producer
Samanta Moraes
Executive Producer
Luiz Noronha
Executive Producer
Patrick Siaretta
Producer
Eliana Soárez
Executive Producer
Paulo Brakarz
Director of Photography
Roger Hands
Foley Artist
Débora Opolski
Dialogue Editor