How Angels are Born
"Violence begins in childhood"
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.
"Violence begins in childhood"
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.
Priscila Assum
Branquinha
Sílvio Guindane
Japa
Larry Pine
William
Ryan Massey
Julie
André Mattos
Maguila
Enrique Díaz
Camarão
Fernando Almeida
Avião
Maria Silvia
Dona Conceição
Antônio Grassi
Comandante Fiúza
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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