Era Uma Vez...

Jul 25 2008 N/A 1h 57m
Drama, Romance

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...

Plot

A poor young man has to deal with his feelings for a rich girl and the difficulties of this relationship.

Written by

Patrícia Andrade

Directed by

Breno Silveira

Cast

Thiago Martins, Vitória Frate, Rocco Pitanga

Crew

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Production Countries

Brazil

Production Companies

Globo Filmes, Lereby Produções, Conspiração Filmes

Languages

Português

Awards

17 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
1,520
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA