'Gentle, touching and beautifully captured, this is the best surfing documentary since Riding Giants' - Total Film
'A poignant study of the Rio kids who see breaking waves as the only escape from a short life of crime with a favela drug gang' - Empire
Rio Breaks tells the story of two best friends, Fabio and Naama, as they navigate their way between life in the slums and surfing on their favorite beach. Thirteen-year-old Fabio and twelve-year-old Naama live in a huge favela near Arpoador Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. What will happen to these best friends? Will their friendship survive the pressures of life in the favela? Can surfing offer a way out and the possibility of a better life?
This is the story of Rio Breaks.
UK premiere on 3rd June at the Empire in Leicester Square, London
'A poignant study of the Rio kids who see breaking waves as the only escape from a short life of crime with a favela drug gang' - Empire
Rio Breaks tells the story of two best friends, Fabio and Naama, as they navigate their way between life in the slums and surfing on their favorite beach. Thirteen-year-old Fabio and twelve-year-old Naama live in a huge favela near Arpoador Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. What will happen to these best friends? Will their friendship survive the pressures of life in the favela? Can surfing offer a way out and the possibility of a better life?
This is the story of Rio Breaks.
UK premiere on 3rd June at the Empire in Leicester Square, London
