Four Days in September (1997)
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Bruno Barreto returned to his native Brazil after a ten-year absence to direct this fact-based political thriller that was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Pedro Cardoso stars as Rio de Janeiro journalist Fernando Gabeira, who decides with his friend Cesar (Selton Mello) to take up arms with a radical leftist organization, MR-8, in 1969. The revolutionaries, who include the tough-talking and beautiful Maria (Fernanda Torres), are fighting to overthrow Brazil's brutal military government through civil unrest and guerilla tactics. Their first action, the robbery of a bank, is successful, although one group member is captured and tortured by Henrique (Marco Ricca), a secret service agent plagued by his conscience. As a follow-up to the heist, the MR-8 members kidnap the U.S. ambassador to Brazil, Charles Burke Elbrick (Alan Arkin). During four days of captivity, however, the kidnappers discover that their prisoner is a good-hearted man of conscience, causing Fernando to become increasingly uneasy about the group's plan to kill Elbrick if a demand for the release of political prisoners goes unheeded. O Que E Isso, Companheiro? (1997) was based on Gabeira's book of the same name but was released in the U.S. under the title Four Days in September. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 106 mins
Complete Cast:
- Alan Arkin - Charles Burke Elbrick
- Luz Fernando Guimaraes - Marcao
- Fisher Stevens - Mowinkel
- Pedro Cardoso - Paulo
- Selton Mello - Cezar/Oswaldo
- Matheus Nachtergaele - Jonas
- Pedro Cardoso - Fernando Gabeira
- Marco Ricca - Henrique
- Mauricio Goncalves - Brandao
- Fernanda Torres - Maria
- Eduardo Moskovis - Artur
- Caroline Kava - Elvira Elbrick
- Cláudia Abreu - Rene
- Fernanda Montenegro - Woman in the Window
- Nelson Dantas - Toledo
- Caio Junqueira - Julio
- Director(s):
- Bruno Barreto
- Writer(s):
- Leopoldo Serran
- Producer(s):
- Lucy Barreto
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