Tejo Mar (2014)
João, a Portuguese performing arts student, is finishing his schooling season in Rio de Janeiro. It’s his last week this side of the ocean and he rediscovers the city he’s been living in for the previous 10 months.
Top billed cast
Welket Bungué- Luísa Pitta
- Silvana Pinto
- Julia Deccache
- Paula Durand
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