Datasheet

Genre: Documentary
Year of production: 2020
Length: 30 min
Language: English
Subtitles: Spanish and Portuguese
Format: Digital - Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080)

Plot Summary

He is neither the fastest nor the strongest swimmer, but driven by commitment and determination, Anthony McCarley, a 60-year-old American swimmer, decides to go on a quest for a unique achievement: swimming across the Río de la Plata (River Plate), from Uruguay to Argentina, and doing the coastal swim Leme ao Pontal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Through these challenges, we get to know the man behind the swimmer. Anthony McCarley’s motivations go beyond the sporting achievement. Rio tells the story of someone overcoming adversity and pursuing personal growth.

Technical team

Direction and cinematography: Pablo Perez Fiedler and Diego Alejandro Suárez
Producer: Lucas Rivet
Edition and color: Pablo Perez Fiedler
Executive Producers: Marcelo Baiardi, Nuria Álvarez, Pablo Perez Fiedler and Diego Alejandro Suárez.
Production houses: La Fábrica Films - Biosfera Films.

Entrevistados

Anthony McCarley
Adherbal de Oliveira
Lucas Rivet