Rio, 40 Graus (1955)

Directed by

Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Genre

drama film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

12

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Five poor peanut vendors spend a hot Sunday in Rio de Janeiro. The film follows each child through different parts of the city, showing the contrasts between wealthy and poor neighborhoods.

slice-of-lifeobservationalgroundedneorealisturbanhumanistgrittypoignant

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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