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Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008) [N/A]

Release Date:
July 25, 2008

Original Title:
Era uma Vez...

Alternate Titles:
Era Uma Vez...
Once Upon a Time...

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Conspiração Filmes
Globo Filmes
Lereby Produções

Production Countries:
Brazil

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 14 

Runtime: 117

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Art Direction:
Rafael Ronconi

Casting:
Ciça Castello

Cinematography:
Dudu Miranda
Paulo Brakarz

Costume Design:
Cláudia Kopke

Dialogue Editor:
Débora Opolski

Director:
Breno Silveira

Director of Photography:
Paulo Brakarz

Editor:
Eduardo Hartung

Executive Producer:
Ilana Brakarz
Renata Brandão
Mirella Giraldi
Pedro Guimarães Rosa
Leonardo Monteiro de Barros
Samanta Moraes
Luiz Noronha
Eliana Soárez

Foley Artist:
Roger Hands

Music:
Berna Ceppas

Original Concept:
Patrícia Andrade
Paulo Lins
Breno Silveira

Producer:
Pedro Buarque de Hollanda
Maíra Donoso
Daniel Filho
Patrick Siaretta
Breno Silveira

Screenplay:
Patrícia Andrade

Script Consultant:
Domingos de Oliveira

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