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Rio, 40 Degrees C.(Rio, 40 Graus)

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Brazil · 1955
1h 40m
Director Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Starring Jece Valadão, Glauce Rocha, Roberto Batalin, Zé Keti
Genre Drama

Banned by Brazil’s Federal Department of Public Safety, Rio, 40 Graus is a landmark film that ushered in the wave of Neorealist cinema in Brazil - Cinema Novo. The film chronicles a day in the life of five peanut vendors from the favelas (shanty towns) of Rio de Janeiro. This was one of the first Brazilian films to address the issues of race, poverty, and class. These themes would continue to be examined by dos Santos throughout his career. – JCRR, Cine Las Americas

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