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Rio by Them

Rio by Them

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Documentary

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​An unprecedented collection of pictures, characters and historical facts about the city of Rio de Janeiro, rescued by tv networks, documentary filmmakers and foreign journalists over the course of the 20th Century. The film reveals how Rio, its inhabitants and its cultural and natural attributes have been seen by foreigners. This is an opportunity to relive, through the eyes of a foreigner, social, political, technological and mundane events which Brazilians either did not manage to document audiovisually or whose works were lost.​

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Portuguese

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

01 May 2017

Country

Brazil

Cast

Pedro Bial

Pedro Bial

narrator

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