Once Upon a Time in Rio
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...
Box Office
Budget
Unknown
Revenue
Unknown
Cast (39)
Writers
Producers
Ilana Brakarz
Executive Producer
Renata Brandão
Executive Producer
Pedro Buarque de Hollanda
Producer
Maíra Donoso
Producer
Daniel Filho
Producer
Age 70 (now 88)
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
Breno Silveira
Producer
Age 44 (died at 58)
Eliana Soárez
Executive Producer
Cinematographers
Editors
Original Title
Era uma Vez...
Original Language
pt
Spoken Languages
Portuguese
Production Countries
BR
Production Companies
Globo Filmes, Lereby Produções, Conspiração Filmes
IMDB
tt1174691