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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Jorge Durán (writer)
Nelson Nadotti (writer)
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Release Date:
1997 (Brazil) more
Plot:
Two children flee together with a grown up from a slum in Rio because this older person has had problems with the local drug lord... more | add synopsis
Awards:
11 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
A flawed, but significant portrait of poverty in Brazil more (3 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Priscila Assum | ... | Branquinha |
| Silvio Guindane | ... | Japa |
| Larry Pine | ... | William |
 | Ryan Massey | ... | Julie |
| André Mattos | ... | Maguila |
| Antônio Grassi | ... | Police chief |
| Enrique Díaz | ... | Camarão |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Maria Adélia | ||
| Enoc Albino | ... | Policeman |
| Fernando Almeida | ... | Avião (Drug mailer) |
| Lívia Archer | ... | Clarinha (girl at the car) (as Lyvia Archer) |
| Fernando Baltazar | ... | Reporter |
| Vicente Barcellos | ||
| Maurício Bello | ... | Policeman |
| Marina Beltrão | ||
| Marco Antônio Borges | ... | Marta's driver |
| Marisa Borges | ... | Neighbour |
| Carmem Caroline | ... | Mariana (girl at the car) |
| Flávio Cordeiro | ||
| Soraia da Silva | ||
| Graziela de Laurentis | ||
| Mariana Duarte | ... | Branquinha's sister |
| Michael Einert | ... | German cameraman |
| Marcelo Escorel | ... | Policeman Baccaro |
| Felipe Faria | ... | German TV assistant |
| Poliana Farias | ... | Cacá (Branquinha's sister) |
| Maria Helena Ferreira | ||
| Claus Helge | ... | German TV director |
| Lúcio Henrique | ... | Embassy representative |
| Ian Hodgkinson | ... | Drug trafficker (as Vampiro) |
| Marcos Hummel | ... | Apresentador telejornal |
| Hans Kappen | ... | German TV producer |
| Sílvia Mendonça | ||
| Neuza Navarro | ||
| Nina de Pádua | ||
| Eduardo Paranhos | ... | Motorista |
| Luís Pedro | ... | Zé Pedro (boy at the car) |
| Camila Ramalho | ... | Branquinha's sister |
| Eduardo Ramos | ... | Policeman |
| Roberta Repetto | ... | Photographer |
| Marcos Ribeiro | ... | Drug trafficker |
| Márcio Ricciard | ... | Cameraman |
| Rubenílson | ... | Adão |
| Eduardo Saliba | ... | Policeman |
| Ricardo Sampaio | ||
| Alex Sandro | ... | Drug trafficker |
| Maria Lúcia Schettino | ... | Reporter |
| Maria Sílvia | ... | Dona Conceição |
| Pablo Sobral | ... | Drug trafficker |
| Kalinka Tavares | ... | ONG representative |
| Flávia Toledo | ... | Reporter |
| Malu Valle | ||
| Pedro Vasconcelos | ... | Pedro (boy at the car) |
| Paulo Veloso | ... | Man with the dog |
| Clemente Viscaíno | ||
| Gabriela Weiterschan | ... | Reporter |
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Also Known As:
How Angels Are Born
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Runtime:
100 min
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Portuguese | English | German
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Dança com os Anjos more
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"Como Nascem os Anjos" ("How Angels are Born") is far from a perfect movie, but it can't be easily discarded. Despite some poor cast choices and some disposable parts of the screenplay, this film is a tragic, bittersweet portrait of the huge contrast between poor people and rich people in Brazil, more specifically in Rio de Janeiro.
The story is about two children and a man from the slum who enter by force in the house of an American man, not exactly because they want, but because of some matters of chance.
The film is slow, but never boring, with some funny moments, but the kind of acid humor you have seen in "Magnolia", for example. "Como Nascem os Anjos" has its flaws, but should be seen for its many qualities, including a surprising, sad, significant ending.
In resume: this is not a perfect movie, but it is a worth seeing for the treatment it gives to some important subjects. I just hope it doesn't keep tourists off our beloved country that is Brazil.
7.5 out of 10 = PRETTY FINE