Rio, 40 Graus
A semi-documentary on the people of Rio de Janeiro. The camera follows boys from a hillside shanty town who sell peanuts at Copacabana, Sugar Loaf Mountain, and a soccer game. Various subplots, involving characters they meet along...
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"Few movies will make you know more Rio de Janeiro than this one. There are many important characters and multiple parallel stories, from Cabuçu favela slum to Copacabana beach, Maracanã stadium and Sugarloaf tourist site. However, the main character is the town itself, with its contrasts, inequalities, violences, beauties, music and football. It is impressive that, more than half century afterwards, the film is not dated, and Rio de Janeiro has not changed so much eversince. Cinematography is beautiful as usual in Nelson Pereira dos Santos, who is a master of showing moving frames about deep f..."
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The congressman mentions he is in Rio to meet the minister. This is because the movie was shot in 1955. In this period Rio was the capital of Brazil. In 1960 it would be transferred to Brasilia.
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A semi-documentary on the people of Rio de Janeiro. The camera follows boys from a hillside shanty town who sell peanuts at Copacabana, Sugar Loaf Mountain, and a soccer game. Various subplots, involving characters they meet along...