the documentary tells in parallel two stories, the phenomenal story of this young underprivileged boy who easily may have been swallowed up by a life of drugs and violence, but rather succeeds in using his talent to rise out of a world of poverty, and that of a modern day brazil which has also struggled with an unstable and challenging history but which shows triumph and hope in overcoming its obstacles.

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very synergic to faixa de areia, a moving documentary that shows the good and the bad side of rio de janeiro, rio breaks follows the lives of two adolescent cariocas that juggle their time between the realities of favela life and a passion for surfing, which allows them to dream of a better future.