Film

My Home Is Copacabana

1965 · 1h 25m · Adventure · Drama

IMDb

7.1

Arne Sucksdorff’s drama follows four homeless children—Jorginho, Rico, Lici, and Paulinho—struggling to survive in the Rio de Janeiro slums. They shine shoes, scavenge food, and pickpocket while dreaming of escape from the streets. When Rico, once escaped from a brutal institution in Caxambu, falls ill, he chooses to return there rather than die outside. A somber portrait of poverty and resilience, the film was selected for the 1965 Cannes Film Festival.

Cosme dos Santos

Dirce Migliaccio

Flávio Migliaccio

Antônio Pitanga

Joel Barcellos

Allan Edwall

Leila Santos

Josafá da Silva Santos

Toninho Carlos de Lima

Andrey Salvador

Álvaro Pérez

• Arne SucksdorffDirector · Editor · Screenplay
• João BethencourtScreenplay
• Flávio MigliaccioScreenplay
• Radamés GnattaliOriginal Music Composer

Release date

June 8, 1965

Status

Released

Original language

Swedish

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Adventure, Drama