Rio, 100 Degrees F.

Rio, 100 Degrees F
Rio, 40 Graus
Directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Produced by

Mário Barroso
Ciro Freire Cúri
Louis-Henri Guitton
Pedro Kosinski

Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Written by

Arnaldo de Farias

Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Starring

Roberto Batalin
Glauce Rocha

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

  1. ↑ Rodríguez, Paul A. Schroeder (2016-03-08). Latin American Cinema: A Comparative History. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520963535.
  2. ↑ Rist, Peter H. (2014-05-08). Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810880368.
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