Summaries

Jorginho, his white friend Rico, Lici and Paulinho are homeless best friends living in a slum in a hill in Copacabana. They spend their hopeless life playing with kite; trying to survive getting food from the street market or the fishermen; learning how to pickpocket; working on the streets polishing shoes. Rico escaped from an institution in Caxambu that symbolizes hell on Earth for them. When he gets ill, he decides to return to the place because he does not want to die on the streets.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Details

Keywords
  • rio de janeiro brazil
  • slingshot
  • street child
  • copacabana rio de janeiro
  • kite flying
Genres
  • Adventure
  • Drama
Release date Mar 28, 1965
Countries of origin Sweden
Language Swedish Portuguese
Filming locations Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Production companies Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 28m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

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