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...
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Directing | Breno Silveira | Director |
Sound | Berna Ceppas | Music |
Writing | Breno Silveira | Original Concept |
Writing | Paulo Lins | Original Concept |
Writing | Patrícia Andrade | Original Concept |
Writing | Domingos de Oliveira | Script Consultant |
Writing | Patrícia Andrade | Screenplay |
Editing | Eduardo Hartung | Editor |
Art | Rafael Ronconi | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Cláudia Kopke | Costume Design |
Crew | Paulo Brakarz | Cinematography |
Crew | Dudu Miranda | Cinematography |
Production | Ilana Brakarz | Executive Producer |
Production | Renata Brandão | Executive Producer |
Production | Pedro Buarque de Hollanda | Producer |
Production | Maíra Donoso | Producer |
Production | Daniel Filho | Producer |
Production | Mirella Giraldi | Executive Producer |
Production | Pedro Guimarães | Executive Producer |
Production | Leonardo Monteiro de Barros | Executive Producer |
Production | Samanta Moraes | Executive Producer |
Production | Luiz Noronha | Executive Producer |
Production | Patrick Siaretta | Producer |
Production | Breno Silveira | Producer |
Production | Eliana Soárez | Executive Producer |
Production | Ciça Castello | Casting |
Camera | Paulo Brakarz | Director of Photography |
Sound | Roger Hands | Foley Artist |
Sound | Débora Opolski | Dialogue Editor |