Toninho Carlos de Lima

My Home Is Copacabana (1965)

Homeless children in the slums of Rio are driven out of their temporary shelters by ruthless gangsters in this somber drama. The kids survive by shining shoes, stealing, and cutting the strings of the kites to sell them later to others. Tired of life on the streets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arne Sucksdorff
CAST:  Cosme dos Santos  •  Leila Santos  •  Josafá da Silva Santos  •  Toninho Carlos de Lima

Homeless children in the slums of Rio are driven out of their temporary shelters by ruthless gangsters in this somber drama. The kids survive by shining shoes, stealing, and cutting the strings of the kites to sell them later to others. Tired of life on the streets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arne Sucksdorff
CAST:  Cosme dos Santos  •  Leila Santos  •  Josafá da Silva Santos  •  Toninho Carlos de Lima