Rio's Love Songs
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Carlos Diegues
Pedro Cardoso
Débora Bloch
Fernanda Montenegro
Leon Goes
Fernando Torres
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Four popular Brazilian songs are brought to life by Carlos Diegues, one of the legendary directors from Brazil's Cinema Novo movement. In "Pisada de Elefante," a policeman falls in love with a dancer in a small nightclub. When he leaves his wife to live with her, he finds himself part of an operatic tragedy. In "Drao," the owner of a fashion boutique and an advertising director separate after six years of marriage. After new experiences and some affairs, they come to the realization that they still love each other. in "Voce e Linda," two children struggle to survive on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. In "Samba do Grande Amor," Joao, who runs an animal lottery, offers a popular service interpreting people's dreams so they can bet on the right animals. He hears someone singing in the building across the street from where he works and falls in love with the voice. Obsessed, he searches among the building's eclectic tenants for its owner.
Director
Carlos Diegues
Cast
Pedro Cardoso
Débora Bloch
Fernanda Montenegro
Leon Goes
Fernando Torres
Cassiano Carneiro
Jacqueline Laurence
Crew
Leonardo Bartucci
Chico Buarque
Toni Costa
Betse Depaula
Elano Depaula
Carlos Diegues
Isabel Diegues
Fabiana Egrejas
Miguel Faria
Alexandre Fonseca
Gilberto Gil
Jose Guerra
Karen Halley
Jorge Ben Jor
Walter Lima
Euclydes Marinho
Nelson Nadotti
Marisa Pecanins
Rosane Svartmann
Jose Tadeu
Mair Tavares
Caetano Veloso
Zelito Viana
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States February 1995
Released in United States January 1995
Released in United States September 1994
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Portland International Film Festival February 17 - March 5, 1995.)
Released in United States February 1995 (Shown in Los Angeles (UCLA Film Archive) as part of program "Contemporary Latin American Cinema" February 1995.)
Released in United States January 1995 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) in Park City, Utah January 19-29, 1995.)
Released in United States September 1994 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (Special Events) September 1-12, 1994.)
Released in United States 1994
Shown at Portland International Film Festival February 17 - March 5, 1995.
Shown at Venice Film Festival (Special Events) September 1-12, 1994.
