Movie: Once Upon a Time in Rio

Top 10 Billed Cast

Thiago Martins
Thiago Martins

Vitória Frate
Vitória Frate

Nina

Rocco Pitanga
Rocco Pitanga

Carlão

Paulo César Grande
Paulo César Grande

Evandro

Cyria Coentro
Cyria Coentro

Bernadete

Luana Schneider
Luana Schneider

Cacau

Fernando Brito
Fernando Brito

Beto

Rodrigo Costa
Rodrigo Costa

Dé Pequeno

Augusto Zacchi
Augusto Zacchi

Alvaro

Kikito Junqueira
Kikito Junqueira

Café Frio

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    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...

  • Release Date

    2008-07-25

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