''Sole nudo'' (''Naked Sun'') is a 1984 Italian-Brazilian film written and directed by

Tonino Cervi Tonino is an Italian and Spanish given name, surname or nickname. As a given name it is a diminutive form of Antonio in use in Italy, Spain, parts of the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, C ...

. The film is about Luca Adami who, after troubles at work, escapes from

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

and is helped by a friend to find a new job there. Unfortunately he has disappointing results, and wants to commit suicide. However, in Rio he meets a beautiful girl from the

favelas Favela () is an umbrella name for several types of working-class neighborhoods in Brazil. The term was first used in the Providência neighborhood in the center of Rio de Janeiro in the late 19th century, which was built by soldiers who had ...

, who takes him to visit the most secret and mystical places of this beautiful city. He is also encouraged by an enigmatic waiter and regains the will to live. The film ends with the two performers dancing on Copacabana beach at

dawn Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the appearance of indirect sunlight being scattered in Earth's atmosphere, when the centre of the Sun's disc has reached 18° below the observer's hori ...

Cast

* David Brandon as Luca Adami *

Tânia Alves Tânia Maria Rego Alves (born September 12, 1953 in Bonito de Santa Fé) is a Brazilian actress, dancer, singer and businesswoman. Her most recent work was the telenovela '' Araguaia'', Walther Negrão, Rede Globo. She also acts as an entrepren ...

as Regina *

Paolo Bonacelli Paolo Bonacelli (born 28 February 1937) is an Italian actor. He is best known for his performance as the Duke de Blangis in Pier Paolo Pasolini's final film, ''Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom'' (1975). He was in '' Midnight Express'' (1978) as t ...

as the waiter * Eliana Araujo as the mulatto girl * Isaura De Assis * Bebeto Alves * Carlos de Carvalho as the director * Dennis De Carvalho as De Bernardi * Antonio Maimone as Giovanni * Girolamo Marzano as Fabio

External links

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Sole nudo on TV

Sole nudo on My Movies
1984 films Brazilian drama films Films set in Italy Films set in Rio de Janeiro (city) Films directed by Tonino Cervi Italian drama films Brazilian multilingual films Italian multilingual films 1984 drama films 1980s Italian films 1984 multilingual films {{1980s-Italy-film-stub