Rio, 100 Degrees F.
| Rio, 100 Degrees F | |
|---|---|
| Rio, 40 Graus | |
| Directed by | Nelson Pereira dos Santos |
| Written by | Arnaldo de Farias Nelson Pereira dos Santos |
| Produced by | Mário Barroso Ciro Freire Cúri |
| Starring | Roberto Batalin Jece Valadão |
Release date | 1955 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Rio, 100 Degrees F. (Portuguese: Rio, 40 Graus) is a 1955 Brazilian film written and directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos. It is dos Santos' first feature work, inspired by the Italian Neo-Realism, and is considered a precursor of the Cinema Novo movement.[1][2]
Synopsis
The film is a semidocumentary following five Rio de Janeiro favela children working as peanut vendors and selling their wares throughout the city.
Cast
- Roberto Batalin .... Pedro
- Glauce Rocha .... Rosa
- Jece Valadão .... Miro
- Ana Beatriz .... Maria Helena
- Modesto de Souza .... landowner
- Cláudia Morena .... Alice
- Ivone Miranda
- Antônio Novais
- Jackson de Souza
- Sady Cabral
- Mauro Mendonça .... Italian tourist at the Sugarloaf Mountain
References
- ^ Rodríguez, Paul A. Schroeder (2016-03-08). Latin American Cinema: A Comparative History. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520963535.
- ^ Rist, Peter H. (2014-05-08). Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810880368.
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