So much has been written about Rio de Janeiro that I don’t know where to begin. It even serves as the backdrop for the latest Fast and Furious movie I haven’t seen. I can see why one would choose the city as a film set; it’s dramatic, layered, colorful, glamorous and grimy. The director only has to point the camera towards Pão de Açúcar, a brightly painted favela or the beaches of Copacabana and stick any mediocre actors in the foreground.
