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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
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...
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:
Breno Silveira
Patrícia Andrade
Paulo Lins
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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