Blame It on Rio

Year: 1984

Country: USA

Tagline: You can blame the night, blame the wine, blame the moon in her eyes, but when all else fails . . . you'd better . . . Blame it on Rio!  »

Plot: American businessman Victor (Joseph Bologna) and British-born entreprenour Matthew (Michael Caine) are best friends who work for a major corporation in São Paulo, Brazil. Both are having problems in their marriages: Victor's wife wants to divorce him, while Matthew has no idea what is wrong and is baffled and irritated by the decision of his wife Karen (Valerie Harper) to take her vacation separately from her husband and daughter.The men decide to holiday in Rio de Janeiro. With them are their teenage offspring: Matthew's 15-year-old daughter Nikki (Demi Moore) and Victor's 16-year-old daughter Jennifer (Michelle Johnson). They rent a beautiful vacation home overlooking the city with a somewhat taciturn and disapproving housekeeper who treats all of them badly and avoids talking to any of them.At the beach, Jennifer is told by her father to cover her bare breasts but refuses, instead dragging her father and Nikki into the water to play. Matthew does not join them and seems uncomfortable with the partial nudity displayed by Jennifer and other topless women on the beach.A few nights later, Matthew gets drunk with the amorous Jennifer during a Brazilian wedding, where she discloses to him that she has had a "crush" on him since she was a child. After having sex on the beach, they embark on a secret sexual relationship.Victor becomes furious when he finds out that there is an "older man" in his daughter's life when he sneaks a peak at her diary, and he sets out to hunt down the mystery man. He expects Matthew to help. Matthew is reluctant to lead Victor on a wild goose chase but goes through with it out of fear to what Victor might do to him. In private, Matthew tries to talk to Jennifer to end their secret affair before her father finds out, but she is determined to never give him up.Meanwhile, Nikki learns that Jennifer is involved with her father, but despite her protests, Jennifer (who by this point has fallen in love with Matthew) refuses to end it.Victor and Matthew's persuit of Jennifer's "older man" leads them to a local nightclub, where Victor (who has a poor knowledge of the local Portuguese language) thinks that a cabaret singer who is singing a ballard about Jennifer who is in attendence, is flirting with her. Victor attacks the singer on stage, and causes a large barroom brawl. Matthew breaks up the fight and outside the nightclub, discloses the truth to his friend that he is Jennifer's secret lover. Oddly though, Victor is not quite as angry as Matthew expects.When Karen shows up the next day, Victor reveals a secret that he has been keeping from Matthew all these years. It is soon discovered that Victor has been having an affair with Karen which is why the reason that she didn't join them on their vacation to put some distance between her and Victor. Karen is also furious to learn about Matthew's involvement with Jennifer, but seems to accept it as some type of Karma for her and Victor.After the truth comes out, Jennifer tries to commit suicide with an overdose of birth control pills. She is rushed to a local hosptial and survives. At first, Karen and Nikki blame Matthew, and then Victor's poor parenting skills, for allowing Jennifer to slide down this path. That evening, Matthew and Victor are forced to share a bed for the night since Karen and Nikki do not want to associate with either man anymore. Victor and Matthew's close proximity leads to a major argument with both men blaming each other for this turn of events. Victor and Matthew's bedroom argument leads to a brutal fistfight between them which leads to the two men wrestling each other on the bed. The fight suddenly ends when their spiteful housekeeper walks in on them after hearing the noise... and draws the wrong conclusion to what is happening.Afterwords, the incident brings all closer together. Karen and Matthew return to their home in New York and decide to work on their marital problems. Jennifer begins dating a boy her own age, and Victor re-marries his estranged wife.Matthew's final line of summation is: "You only live once, but it does help if you get to be young twice."Caine is on holiday in seductive Rio de Janeiro with his best friend. Both men have teenage daughters with them. And soon a passionate affair is sparked between Caine and his friend's daughter. The father is of course furious about the relationship between his daughter with an unknown old man, he asked Caine to join his quest to find out that guy.

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