Once Upon a Time in Rio

The story

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

T Thiago MartinsDé V Vitória FrateNina R Rocco PitangaCarlão P Paulo César GrandeEvandro C Cyria CoentroBernadete L Luana SchneiderCacau F Fernando BritoBeto R Rodrigo CostaDé Pequeno A Augusto ZacchiAlvaro K Kikito JunqueiraCafé Frio J Jonathan AzevedoMeio-Quilo G Guti FragaSeu Armando

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L Luciano VidigalAltamiro B Benjamin FinkielmanSeu Giba G Guilherme CoutinhoCazuza M Marcelo CortezOlheiro do Flamengo M Marcos PitomboDudu K KayComparsa Carlão F Felipe AdlerIke A Andressa PintoMenina do morro B Babu SantanaHomem do CV G Guilly HaiatGarçon do Clube J Jeckie BrownComparsa Café Frio M MalenaMulher cachorro quente J Jersiano VieiraChocolate J Jorge da SilvaSegurança da Rave S Sonia LinoSenhora da fila L Lucio AndréCara Baile Funk L Luizão SeixasPM 1 M Marcelo BarcellosPM 2 W Waldeck FreirePM 3 M Marco LimaPM 4 M Marco HeimPM 5 Z Zé Mário FariasPM 6 M Marcello MeloPM 7 R Ricardo LinckRepórter 1 E Elisa ColepicoloRepórter 2 R Renata ReisRepórter 3 F Fernando FidelRepórter 4