Brazil / Jul 25, 2008 / 14
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Rodrigo Costa | Dé Pequeno |
| Augusto Zacchi | Alvaro |
| Kikito Junqueira | Café Frio |
| Jonathan Azevedo | Meio-Quilo |
| Guti Fraga | Seu Armando |
| Luciano Vidigal | Altamiro |
| Benjamin Finkielman | Seu Giba |
| Guilherme Coutinho | Cazuza |
| Marcelo Cortez | Olheiro do Flamengo |
| Marcos Pitombo | Dudu |
| Kay | Comparsa Carlão |
| Felipe Adler | Ike |
| Andressa Pinto | Menina do morro |
| Babu Santana | Homem do CV |
| Guilly Haiat | Garçon do Clube |
| Jeckie Brown | Comparsa Café Frio |
| Malena | Mulher cachorro quente |
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| Jersiano Vieira | Chocolate |
| Jorge da Silva | Segurança da Rave |
| Sonia Lino | Senhora da fila |
| Lucio André | Cara Baile Funk |
| Luizão Seixas | PM 1 |
| Marcelo Barcellos | PM 2 |
| Waldeck Freire | PM 3 |
| Marco Lima | PM 4 |
| Marco Heim | PM 5 |
| Zé Mário Farias | PM 6 |
| Marcello Melo | PM 7 |
| Ricardo Linck | Repórter 1 |
| Elisa Colepicolo | Repórter 2 |
| Renata Reis | Repórter 3 |
| Fernando Fidel | Repórter 4 |
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Era uma Vez... |
| Original language | Português (PT) |
| Spoken languages | Português |
| Production countries | Brazil |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Globo Filmes, Lereby Produções, Conspiração Filmes |
| Release date | 25 luglio 2008 |
| Executive producer | Ilana Brakarz, Renata Brandão, Mirella Giraldi, Pedro Guimarães Rosa, Leonardo Monteiro de Barros, Samanta Moraes, Luiz Noronha, Eliana Soárez |
| Production | Pedro Buarque de Hollanda, Maíra Donoso, Daniel Filho, Patrick Siaretta, Breno Silveira |
| Writer | Patrícia Andrade, Domingos de Oliveira, Paulo Lins, Breno Silveira |
| Casting | Ciça Castello |
| Editing | Eduardo Hartung |
| Cinematography | Dudu Miranda, Paulo Brakarz |
| Assistant directors | Breno Silveira |
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| Camera operators | Paulo Brakarz |
| Additional photography | Paulo Brakarz |
| Production design | Rafael Ronconi |
| Art direction | Rafael Ronconi |
| Set decoration | Rafael Ronconi |
| Music | Berna Ceppas, Roger Hands, Débora Opolski |
| Sound | Berna Ceppas, Roger Hands, Débora Opolski |
| Costume design | Cláudia Kopke |
| Makeup | Cláudia Kopke |
| Hairstyling | Cláudia Kopke |
Release dates
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