Rio, I Love You

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Rio, I Love You
Rio, Eu Te Amo.jpg
Directed by Stephan Elliott
Fernando Meirelles
José Padilha
Paolo Sorrentino
Andrucha Waddington
Vicente Amorim
Guillermo Arriaga
Im Sang-soo
Nadine Labaki
Carlos Saldanha
John Turturro
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures [1]
Running time
110 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

Rio, I Love You (Portuguese : Rio, Eu Te Amo) is a 2014 Brazilian anthology film starring an ensemble cast of actors of various nationalities. It's the fourth film in the Cities of Love franchise (following 2006's Paris, je t'aime , the 2008 film New York, I Love You , and Tbilisi, I Love You released earlier in 2014), created and produced by Emmanuel Benbihy.

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Production

The participating directors were Brazilians Carlos Saldanha ( Ice Age and Rio ), José Padilha ( Elite Squad ), Andrucha Waddington ( The House of Sand ) and Fernando Meirelles ( City of God ), the Lebanese director Nadine Labaki ( Caramel ), the Mexican screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga ( Babel ), the Australian director Stephan Elliott ( The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert ), the Italian director Paolo Sorrentino ( The Great Beauty ), the American actor and director John Turturro, and the South Korean director Im Sang-soo ( A Good Lawyer's Wife , The Housemaid ).

The opening and closing sequences, plus the transitions were directed by Brazilian Vicente Amorim, while musician Gilberto Gil composed the theme song.

Those responsible for producing the film, among them Rio Filme, disclosed that the cost of production was R$20 million.

Segments

SegmentDirectorWriterActors
Dona Fulana Andrucha Waddington (Brazil) Andrucha Waddington, Mauricio Zacharias Fernanda Montenegro, Regina Case, Stepan Nercessian, Hugo Carvana, Eduardo Sterblitch, Sandro Rocha
La Fortuna
("Fortune")
Paolo Sorrentino (Italy) Paolo Sorrentino Emily Mortimer, Basil Hoffman
A Musa
("The Muse")
Fernando Meirelles (Brazil)Antonio Prata, Chico Mattoso Vincent Cassel, Débora Nascimento
Acho que Estou Apaixonado
("I think I'm in love")
Stephan Elliott (Australia) Stephan Elliott Ryan Kwanten, Marcelo Serrado
Quando não há Mais Amor
("When there is no more love")
John Turturro (United States) John Turturro John Turturro, Vanessa Paradis, Camila Pitanga
Texas Guillermo Arriaga (Mexico) Guillermo Arriaga Jason Isaacs, Laura Neiva, Land Vieira, Henrique Pires, Bruna Linzmeyer
O Vampiro do Rio
("The Vampire of Rio")
Im Sang-soo (South Korea) Im Sang-soo Roberta Rodrigues, Tonico Pereira
Pas de Deux Carlos Saldanha (Brazil)Elena Soarez Rodrigo Santoro, Bruna Linzmeyer
Inútil Paisagem
("Useless Landscape")
José Padilha (Brazil)Otavio Leonidio Wagner Moura, Cléo Pires, Caio Junqueira
O Milagre
("The Miracle")
Nadine Labaki (Lebanon) Nadine Labaki, Khaled Mouzanar, Rodney El Haddad Harvey Keitel, Nadine Labaki, Cauã Antunes
(transitions)Vicente AmorimFellipe BarbosaPaulo Verlings, Cláudia Abreu, Harvey Keitel, and other lead players

Economic response

In 2016, U.S. Theatrical and DVD receipts were $60,000. [2]

Critical response

Rio, I Love You received largely negative reviews from critics. On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an 8% "rotten" rating based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 3.55 out of 10. [3] Pat Padua of The Washington Post said "the film is wonderful to look at. It’s just that the writing is consistently terrible". [4] Ben Kenigsberg of The New York Times heavily criticized the film's lack of cohesion and its adherence to tourist-friendly depictions of Rio de Janeiro. He also noted it has the corporate sponsorship of Fiat, Unilever and others. [5] Miami New Times' Kenji Fujishima calls it a "barrel-scraping collective project." Eye For Films Andrew Robertson rated it two stars and calls it "baffling in construction and execution" [6] The Hollywood Reporter's unattributed review says "The only people sure to love this concoction are those working for Rio’s tourism bureau, which may well have picked the camera’s vantage points for many lush and lovely overhead shots of the city’s distinctive terrain." [7]

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References

  1. "Rio, I Love You". Box Office Mojo .
  2. "Rio, Eu Te Amo (2016) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 19 January 2022. Theatrical Performance Domestic Box Office: $31,982; Details Home Market Performance Est. Domestic DVD Sales: $29,208;
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  4. Padua, Pat (21 April 2016). "'Rio, I Love You': 10 Brazil-set vignettes take a dull look at love". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  5. Kenigsberg, Ben (14 April 2016). "Review: 'Rio, I Love You,' Stories That Make Up a Mash Note to a City". The New York Times . Retrieved 27 February 2020. The cycle has acquired corporate sponsorship (Fiat and Unilever appear prominently in this film's credits) and the support of Rio de Janeiro...But apart from Im Sang-soo's contribution of street-dancing vampires — a sketch that, like several others, lacks a punch line — imagination takes a holiday.
  6. Robertson, Andrew. "Rio, I Love You (2014) Movie Review". Eye for Film. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
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