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Directors:
José Padilha
Felipe Lacerda (co-director)
Writer:
José Padilha (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
30 August 2003 (Netherlands) more
Plot:
Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
10 wins & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Suffocatingly sad wake-up call more (40 total)

Cast

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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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Bus 174 (International: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, violent images and some drug material.
Runtime:
150 min | Canada:120 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:122 min | Japan:119 min
Country:
Brazil
Language:
Portuguese
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

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16 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Suffocatingly sad wake-up call, 2 November 2003
Author: hecs from Chicago, Il

I just saw this movie, and I cannot imagine a more terrifying, sad, and heartbreaking piece of film existing. this movie is simply devastating. I was sobbing within the first 20 minutes. A young man of 19(who looks about 50)hi-jacks a bus and we see the results of an agonizing life play out before our eyes. It is hard to watch, and hard not to deeply care for Sandro. I cannot put into words how heartbreaking and important this movie is. Sandro's life is irrevocably doomed, and we discover there are thousands almost exactly like him, roaming the streets of Rio, desperate and hungry for any kind of social acknowledgement. It should be required viewing for the human race.

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