Era uma Vez...
7.4
117 minutes
7/25/2008
Overview
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 List
Thiago Martins
as Dé
Vitória Frate
as Nina
Rocco Pitanga
as Carlão
Paulo César Grande
as Evandro
Cyria Coentro
as Bernadete
Luana Schneider
as Cacau
Fernando Brito
as Beto
Rodrigo Costa
as Dé Pequeno
Augusto Zacchi
as Alvaro
Kikito Junqueira
as Café Frio
Jonathan Azevedo
as Meio-Quilo
Guti Fraga
as Seu Armando
Luciano Vidigal
as Altamiro
Benjamin Finkielman
as Seu Giba
Guilherme Coutinho
as Cazuza
Marcelo Cortez
as Olheiro do Flamengo
Marcos Pitombo
as Dudu
Kay
as Comparsa Carlão
Felipe Adler
as Ike
Andressa Pinto
as Menina do morro
Babu Santana
as Homem do CV
Guilly Haiat
as Garçon do Clube
Jeckie Brown
as Comparsa Café Frio
Malena
as Mulher cachorro quente
Jersiano Vieira
as Cara Armado
Jorge da Silva
as Segurança da Rave
Sonia Lino
as Senhora da fila
Lucio André
as Cara Baile Funk
Luizão Seixas
as PM 1
Marcelo Barcellos
as PM 2
Waldeck Freire
as PM 3
Marco Lima
as PM 4
Marco Heim
as PM 5
Zé Mário Farias
as PM 6
Marcello Melo
as PM 7
Ricardo Linck
as Repórter 1
Elisa Colepicolo
as Repórter 2
Renata Reis
as Repórter 3
Fernando Fidel
as Repórter 4