Summary:
In 1970, near the World Cup, Daniel Stern and his wife Miriam leaves Belo Horizonte in a hurry and scared with their ten years old son Mauro in their Volkswagen. While traveling to São Paulo, the couple explains Mauro that they will travel on vacation and will leave Mauro with his grandfather Mótel. Daniel promises to return before the first game of the Brazilian National Soccer Team in the Cup. The boy is left in Bom Retiro, a Jewish and Italian neighborhood, and waits for Mótel in front of his apartment. When the next door neighbor Shlomo arrives, he tells the boy that Mótel had just had a heart attack and died. Alone and without knowing where his parents are, the boy is lodged by Shlomo and the Jewish community. Through the young neighbor Hanna, Mauro makes new friends, cheers for the Brazilian team and sees the movement of the police and militaries on the streets while waiting for his parents.
| Runtime: | 110 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated PG for thematic material, mild language, brief suggestive content, some violence and smoking. |
| Production: | Globo Filmes |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Languages: | German, Yiddish, Portuguese |
| Home Release Date: | Jul 15, 2008 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Cao Hamburger | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Adriana Falcão | Writer |
| Anna Muylaert | Writer |
| Bráulio Mantovani | Writer |
| Cao Hamburger | Writer |
| Claudio Galperin | Writer |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Daniela Piepszyk | Hanna |
| Germano Haiut | Shlomo |
| Michel Joelsas | Mauro |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Abrahão Farc | Anatol |
| Caio Blat | |
| Edu Guimarães | Alfredo |
| Eduardo Moreira | Daniel, Mauro's Father |
| Felipe Hanna Braun | Caco |
| Gabriel Eric Bursztein | |
| Gérson | Himself |
| Haim Fridman | Duda |
| Liliana Castro | Irene |
| Paulo Autran | |
| Rodrigo dos Santos | Edgar |
| Simone Spoladore | Bia - Mauro's Mother |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Caio Gullane | Producer |
| Cao Hamburger | Producer |
| Daniel Filho | Co-Producer |
| Débora Ivanov | Associate Producer |
| Fabiano Gullane | Producer |
| Fernando Meirelles | Co-Producer |
| Patrick Siaretta | Associate Producer |
| Paulo Eduardo Ribeiro | Associate Producer |
| Sônia Império Hamburger | Executive Producer |
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