My Home Is Copacabana
7.0
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.
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Cosme dos Santos
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Dirce Migliaccio
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Flávio Migliaccio
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Antônio Pitanga
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Joel Barcellos
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Allan Edwall
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Leila Santos
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Andrey Salvador
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Arne Sucksdorff Director · Flávio Migliaccio Screenplay João Bethencourt Screenplay
First release June 8, 1965 · Produced in Sweden · Languages Portuguese, Swedish
Production
SF Studios
Production
Sweden
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Languages
Original title
Mitt hem är Copacabana
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Portuguese · Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · June 8, 1965
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
May 8, 1967 · Theatrical
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