Chica de Río (2001)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.3/10   

Director:

Christopher Monger

Escritores:

Juan Carlos Guerrero Torres (idea)
Julián Ibáñez (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

29 junio 2001 (Greece)

Género:

Comedia

Frase comercial:

When in doubt...Samba!

Plot:

Discovering your wife is sleeping with your boss can make a man do strange things. For a Samba-obsessed London clerk, robbing a bank and boarding the first flight to Rio are just the beginning.

Plot Keywords:

Bank | Samba | Bank Clerk | Taxi Driver | Christmas

Premios:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Hilarious Love Story of a Bank Clerk that Robs a London Bank and Goes to Rio de Janeiro to Find a Samba Dancer

Reparto

Hugh Laurie	...	Raymond
Vanessa Nunes	...	Orlinda
Santiago Segura	...	Paulo
Patrick Barlow	...	Strothers
Lia Williams	...	Cathy
Nelson Xavier	...	Bichero
Hugh Lloyd	...	Albert
John Junkin	...	Mr. Bigelow
Julio Levi	...	Copacabana Concierge
Paul Jerrico	...	Inspector (as Paul Jerricho)
Kacey Ainsworth	...	Sales Assistant
Glynis Brooks	...	Mrs. Grace
Arthur Cox	...	Bank Customer
Ann Morrish	...	Bank Customer
Paul Mari	...	Larry

También conocida como:

Girl from Rio (UK)

Duración:

102 min

País:

Spain | UK

Idioma:

Inglés | Portugués

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Clasificación:

Finland:K-11 | Iceland:L | Australia:M | Spain:7 | UK:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

London, England, UK

Compañía:

Antena 3 Televisión

A Hilarious Love Story of a Bank Clerk that Robs a London Bank and Goes to Rio de Janeiro to Find a Samba Dancer

Raymond (Hugh Laurie) is a bank clerk that dream on Rio de Janeiro and the samba dancer Orlinda (the beautiful and exotic Vanessa Nunes). He has a secret class of samba at night, where he teaches the rhythm and how to dance samba to British persons. One day, he finds that his wife is cheating him with his boss and he decides to rob the bank and go to Rio de Janeiro to meet his passion. In the arrival, he meets the cab driver Paulo (Santiago Segura), an authentic 'malandro carioca' (smart guy born in Rio) and he crosses the way of the powerful 'bicheiro' (owner of an illegal and popular Brazilian lottery, called 'jogo de bicho' – translating, would be animal lottery).

This movie is really very funny. I watched it just to see what type of movie could a Spanish-British production offer about Rio de Janeiro, and I was indeed surprised. They use all the stereotypes that you can imagine: the Englishman that robs a bank and goes to Rio de Janeiro, the smart taxi driver, the samba dancer, the 'bicheiro', the slums, the samba school, the corruption. For locals like me, there are many funny non-senses: Raymond arrives from London in our domestic airport (Santos Dumont), instead of our international airport (Tom Jobim). The geography of Rio de Janeiro was completely disregarded: when a character crosses a tunnel, or climbs a slum, in the next scene he will be in a completely different area of Rio de Janeiro. Another funny situation is when the money is flying over the slum: please note in the right side of the TV screen and you will see a man throwing money for the shot. Anyway, this movie is very funny and Hugh Laurie is perfect, with his British behavior and lost as a tourist in Rio. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Garota do Rio" ("Girl of Rio")