Jorginho, his white friend Rico, Lici and Paulinho are homeless best friends living in a slum in a hill in Copacabana. They spend their hopeless life playing with kite; trying to survive getting food from the street market or the fishermen; learning how to pickpocket; working on the streets polishing shoes. Rico escaped from an institution in Caxambu that symbolizes hell on Earth for them. When he gets ill, he decides to return to the place because he does not want to die on the streets.
| Original title | Mitt hem är Copacabana |
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| Danish title | Mit hjem er Copacabana |
| Other titles | Mit hjem i Copacabana |
| Keywords | Homeless people, Brazil, Children's lives, Children, Children in foreign countries |
| Director | Arne Sucksdorff |
| Screenplay | Arne Sucksdorff, Flavio Migliaccio |
| Director of Photography | Arne Sucksdorff |
| Editor | Arne Sucksdorff |
| Appearance | Leila Santos de Sousa, Cosme dos Santos, Antonio Carlos de Lima |
| Production country | Sweden |
| Domestic distribution | Statens Filmcentral |
| Technical info | Black/white |
| Danish theatrical release | 25.06.1980 |
| Cinemas | Delta |
| TV release | 01.04.1983, TV |
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| Production company | AB Svensk Filmindustri |
| Domestic distribution | Statens Filmcentral |
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| Direction | Arne Sucksdorff |
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| Script | Arne Sucksdorff |
| Script | Flavio Migliaccio |
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| Cinematography | Arne Sucksdorff |
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| Editing | Arne Sucksdorff |
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| Lici | Leila Santos de Sousa |
| Jorghino | Cosme dos Santos |
| Toninho | Antonio Carlos de Lima |
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