Once Upon a Time in Rio (Era uma Vez...) 16 years old

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...

Credits

Fernando Brito as Beto

Vitória Frate as Nina

Thiago Martins as Dé

Rocco Pitanga as Carlão

Paulo César Grande as Evandro

Felipe Adler as Ike

Once Upon a Time in Rio Cast

Name	Character
Fernando Brito He was 51, now 67 years old	as Beto
Vitória Frate She was 22, now 38 years old	as Nina
Thiago Martins He was 31, now 48 years old	as Dé
Rocco Pitanga He was 28, now 44 years old	as Carlão
Paulo César Grande He was 50, now 66 years old	as Evandro
Felipe Adler	as Ike
Cyria Coentro She was 42, now 58 years old	as Bernadete
Luana Schneider	as Cacau

Once Upon a Time in Rio Crew

Name	Department
Breno Silveira as Director. He was 44 (now 60) years old	Directing
Patrícia Andrade as Screenplay.	Writing
Berna Ceppas as Music. He was 44 (now 60) years old	Sound

Once Upon a Time in Rio (16 years)

Release day: Friday, July 25, 2008
Runtime: 117 minutes