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  • My Home Is Copacabana (1965)
  • 88 min | Adventure, Drama
My Home Is Copacabana (1965)
88 min | Adventure, Drama

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...See moreJorginho, 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. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil See less
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Director
Writers
Arne Sucksdorff (idea) (synopsis) (screenplay) | Flávio Migliaccio (screenplay) | João Bethencourt (screenplay)
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Updated Mar 29, 1965

Release date
Jun 7, 1970 (United States)

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22 cast members
Name Known for
Leila Santos de Sousa
Lici (as Leila) Lici (as Leila)   See fewer
Cosme dos Santos
Jorginho (as Cosme) Jorginho (as Cosme)   See fewer
Josafá Da Silva Santos
Paulinho (as Josafá) Paulinho (as Josafá)   See fewer
Toninho Carlos de Lima
Rico (as Toninho) Rico (as Toninho)   See fewer
Dirce Migliaccio
Actress Actress   See fewer
Antonio Pitanga
Actor (as Antônio Sampaio) Actor (as Antônio Sampaio)   See fewer
Allan Edwall
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Amaro Cavalcanti
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Eduardo Escorel
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
João Elias Ribeiro
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Edson Santos
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
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