
RIOBREAKSismorethanjustafilmaboutsurfing.Itfollowsthestoryoftwobestfriends,FabioandNaama,astheynavigatetheirwaybetweenthepitfallsoflifeintheslumsandthejoysofsurfingontheirfavoritebeach.Theirgoal:towinthecontestandbecomeprofessionalsurfers.Thirteen-year-oldFabioand12-year-oldNaamaliveatFaveladoPavao,anenormousslumnearArpoadorBeach,inRiodeJaneiro,Brazil.PavaoishometoCommandoVermelho(CV),orRedCommand,oneofRio'smostheavilyarmeddruggangs.It'stheRedCommandwhosetstherulesandregulateslifeinthecommunity.Theirpresenceisubiquitous,witharmedsoldiersconstantlypatrollingthehillsandregulatingthevariouspointsofsale.FabiolivesinanareaofthefavelacalledVietnam,thepoorestandmostviolentpartoftheslum.Whenthepolicecomeuplookingfortraffickers,that'swheretheylook-andshoot-first.Raisedbyilliterategrandparents,hecannotreadorwriteandisnotgoingtoschool.FabioisaprimecandidatetojoinCVandbecomeyetanothergun-totingteenagerinvolvedinRio'sdrugswar.Infact,healreadyshowsworryingsigns:mouthingofftothepolice,bullyingsomeoftheyoungersurfersandthreateningNaama.NaamalivesaroundthecornerfromFabio.Bornunderabridgewhereheliveduntilhewasthree,heandhisfamilymovedtothefavela9yearsago.Whatwillhappentothesebestfriends?Willanyofthemwinthecontest?WilltheirownrelationshipsurviveFabio'saggressivepersonality?CansurfingofferawayoutforFabioorwillhefollowinthefootstepsofhisdadandjointhedruggang?ThisisthestoryofRioBreaks.
