How Angels are Born

How Angels are Born

Violence begins in childhood

1996•1h 28m•7.1/10

DramaCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(12)

Two children flee together with a grown up from a slum in Rio because this man had problems with the local drug lord. They end up in the house where a rich American citizen lives with his daughter.

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Secretaria do Audio Visual/MINC, RioFilme, Banespa, Quanta, Cinema Brasil Digital

Language

PT

Status

Released

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Cast

Priscila Assum

Priscila Assum

Branquinha

Sílvio Guindane

Sílvio Guindane

Japa

Larry Pine

Larry Pine

William

Ryan Massey

Ryan Massey

Julie

André Mattos

André Mattos

Maguila

Enrique Díaz

Enrique Díaz

Camarão

Fernando Almeida

Fernando Almeida

Avião

Maria Silvia

Maria Silvia

Dona Conceição

Antônio Grassi

Antônio Grassi

Comandante Fiúza

Graziela Di Laurentis

Sonia Martinelli

Malu Valle

Malu Valle

Mulher no carro

Clemente Viscaíno

Clemente Viscaíno

Delegado Hélio

Murilo Salles

Murilo Salles

Vicente Barcellos

Perito

Maria Adélia

Marta

Ricardo Sampaio

Miami Vice

Neuza Navarro

Mãe de Maguila

Silvia Mendonça

Mãe de Japa

Flávio Cordeiro

Assistente

Marcello Escorel

Marcello Escorel

Policial Bocarra

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