The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The story line of each segment focuses on an encounter of love in a different neighborhood of the city, demonstrating the distinctive qualities and character of that location. The film serves to bridge gaps between cultures, educating and entertaining the audience, while celebrating unique and universal expressions of love.

360

2011

English

6.1

♡ 28

19%

Fernando Meirelles Director

Tereza Srbová as European Girl

Anthony Hopkins as John

Jude Law as Michael Daly

Rachel Weisz as Rose

A disparate group of characters unknowingly bond by the sexual choices they make. Consumed by loneliness, a British businessman ponders a rendezvous with a prostitute. The businessman's wife prepares to call it quits with her younger lover. A Brazilian student breaks up with her boyfriend in London. A recovering alcoholic travels to Phoenix in search of his missing daughter. A paroled sex offender struggles to stay composed when propositioned in a Denver airport. A widower's religious devotion is put to a difficult test.

The Two Popes

2019

English

7.6

♡ 80

89%

88%

Action

based on a true story

Fernando Meirelles Director

Cristina Banegas as Lisabetta

Anthony Hopkins as Pope Benedict

Jonathan Pryce as Pope Francis

Alessandro Piavani as Swiss Guard #2

Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.

The Constant Gardener

2005

English

7.3

♡ 61

83%

pharmaceutical industry

Fernando Meirelles Director

Ralph Fiennes as Justin Quayle

Claire Simpson as Maude Donohue

Bill Nighy as Sir Bernard Pellegrin

Rachel Weisz as Tessa Quayle

Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.

Blindness

2008

English

6.5

♡ 39

44%

47%

Action

asylum

based on novel or book

blindness and impaired vision

Fernando Meirelles Director

Mark Ruffalo as Doctor

Julianne Moore as Doctor's Wife

Paulino Nunes as Portuguese Radio Announcer

Joe Pingue as Taxi Driver

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.

City of God

2002

Portuguese

8.6

♡ 205

91%

Fernando Meirelles Director

Alice Braga as Angélica

Leandro Lima as Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang

Jonnaton Japiassu as Kid #5

Gero Camilo as Paraíba - Shorty

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

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Rio, I Love You

360

The Two Popes

The Constant Gardener

Blindness

City of God