Rio, I Love You


Rio, I Love You is a 2014 Brazilian anthology film starring an ensemble cast of actors of various nationalities. It's the third film in the Cities of Love franchise, created and produced by Emmanuel Benbihy.

Production

The participating directors were Brazilians Carlos Saldanha, José Padilha, Andrucha Waddington and Fernando Meirelles, the Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, the Mexican screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, the Australian director Stephan Elliott, the Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, the American actor and director John Turturro, and the South Korean director Im Sang-soo.
The opening and closing sequences, plus the transitions were directed by Brazilian Vicente Amorim, while musician Gilberto Gil composed the theme song.
Those responsible for producing the film, among them Rio Filme, disclosed that the cost of production was R$20 million.

Segments

Critical response

Rio, I Love You received largely negative reviews from critics. On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an 8% "rotten" rating based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 3.55 out of 10. Ben Kenigsberg of The New York Times heavily criticized the film's lack of cohesion and its adherence to tourist-friendly depictions of Rio de Janeiro; however, he singled out "O Vampire do Rio" as imaginative compared to the rest of the film's shorts.