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Release Date:
30 August 2003 (Netherlands) morePlot:
Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man... more | add synopsisAwards:
10 wins & 5 nominations moreUser Comments:
Stunning and enthralling more (40 total)Cast
(Credited cast)| Anonymous | ... | Himself - Rio SWAT Team Officer | |
| Maria Aparecida | ... | Herself - Damiana's Daughter | |
| Captain Batista | ... | Himself - Rio SWAT Team Negotiator | |
| Luanna Belmon | ... | Herself - Undergraduate Student | |
| Claudete Beltrana | ... | Herself - Former Street Kid | |
| Luciana Carvalho | ... | Herself - Secretary | |
| Coelho | ... | Himself - Former Street Kid | |
| Damiana | ... | Herself | |
| Yvonne Bezerra de Mello | ... | Herself - Social Worker | |
| Julieta do Nacimento | ... | Herself - Sandro's Maternal Aunt | |
| Sandro do Nascimento | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Dona Elza | ... | Herself | |
| Geísa Firmo Gonçalves | ... | Herself (archive footage) | |
| José Henrique | ... | Himself - TV Cameraman | |
| Cláudia Macumbinha | ... | Herself - Former Street Kid | |
| Mendonça | ... | Himself - Jail Keeper | |
| Williams Moura | ... | Himself - Undergraduate Student | |
| Janaina Neves | ... | Herself - Undergraduate Student | |
| Rodrigo Pimentel | ... | Himself - Former Rio SWAT Instructor | |
| Rogerinho | ... | Himself - Former Street Kid | |
| Fábio Seixo | ... | Himself - Newspaper Photographer | |
| Luiz Eduardo Soares | ... | Himself - Sociologist | |
| Gil Velho | ... | Himself - Capoeira Teacher | |
| António Werneck | ... | Himself - Newspaper Reporter |
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Rated R for language, violent images and some drug material.Parents Guide:
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150 min | Canada:120 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:122 min | Japan:119 minCountry:
BrazilLanguage:
PortugueseAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby SRCertification:
New Zealand:R13 | UK:15 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A | Japan:PG-12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:RFilming Locations:
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilFun Stuff
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There is little that can be said about this film that isn't obvious in the film itself. It is amazingly well-crafted (with the exception of the superfluous sociologist sequences) with the editors building their points up to the last ten minutes at the bus which are among the best done scenes I've ever scene on film. The fact that they were working with only existing footage is truly amazing, like building an opera from random tunes recorded on a street.
The Brazilian police are shown as incompetent and murderous. Once Sandro fired the gun in the bus, he was doomed. It was the mistakes of the police that got the girl killed also.
The vision of the Brazilian penal system certainly lends some weight to the portrayal of the street kids as in the grip of a monstrously distorting and abusive society.
Reinforces my desire to never visit Rio.