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Still from My Home Is Copacabana — My Home Is Copacabana (1965) — Arne Sucksdorff

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Arne Sucksdorff

My Home Is Copacabana

Mitt hem är Copacabana

Sweden / Swedish / 1965 / 1h 25m

Drama Adventure

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Synopsis

Four homeless orphans struggle to survive in Rio de Janiero's slums.

Credits

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DirectorArne Sucksdorff

WriterJoão Bethencourt, Flávio Migliaccio, Arne Sucksdorff

ComposerRadamés Gnattali

EditorArne Sucksdorff

Cast

Cosme dos Santos

Dirce Migliaccio

Flávio Migliaccio

Antônio Pitanga

Josafá da Silva Santos

Toninho Carlos de Lima

Andrey Salvador

My Home Is Copacabana (1965) | Criteria