Bus 174

Bus 174
Bus 174 DVD cover
Directed by	José Padilha Felipe Lacerda
Produced by	Zazen Produções
Written by	José Padilha
Starring	Sandro do Nascimento
Music by	Sacha Amback João Nabuco
Cinematography	Marcelo Duarte Cezar Moraes
Editing by	Felipe Lacerda
Distributed by	Zazen Produções
Release date(s)	October 22, 2002 (2002-10-22) (São Paulo Film Festival)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Box office	$217,201 (USA)

Bus 174 (Portuguese: Ônibus 174) is a Brazilian documentary film released on October 22, 2002. It is the debut film of director José Padilha and co-director Felipe Lacerda. Sandro do Nascimento, a young man from a poor background, bungled a robbery and ended up holding the passengers on a bus hostage for four hours. The event was caught live on television. The movie examines the incident and what life is like in the slums and favelas of Rio de Janeiro and how the criminal justice system in Brazil treats the lower classes. Within the film, Padilha interviews former and current street children, members of the Rio police force, the highly regarded Rio BOPE police team, family members, and sociologists in order to gain insight about what led Nascimento to carry out the hijacking.

People Involved

Sandro, Julieta (Aunt), Dova Elza (Adopted mother), Janaina (Hostage), Willians (Hostage), Lucianna (Hostage), Luciana (Hostage), Daviana (Hostage), Geisa (Hostage), Soaies (Sociologist), Yvonne (Social Worker)

Distribution

The film has also been featured as an Official Selection at the multiple film festivals including:

• Palm Springs (2004)
• Vancouver (2003)
• Sundance (2003)
• Starz Denver (2003)
• Sydney (2003)
• San Francisco (2003)

Reception

Bus 174 was voted "one of the ten best films of the year" by The New York Times. It has won over 23 prizes worldwide, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cultural & Artistic Programming in 2005 (after being shown on HBO/Cinemax with great success), and the Amnesty Award in the Netherlands.

With 73 reviews written, Bus 174 achieved a rare 100% critics rating at Rotten Tomatoes.^[1][2]

See also

• Sandro Rosa do Nascimento
• Candelária massacre
• List of hostage crises
• Última Parada 174

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References

1. ^ "Bus 174 - Rotten Tomatoes". http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bus_174/. Retrieved 2007-07-18. 
2. ^ ROTTEN TOMATOES: ROTTEN TOMATOES: Top Movies: Golden Globes

External links

• Bus 174 at the Internet Movie Database
• Bus 174 at Rotten Tomatoes
• Bus 174 at Box Office Mojo

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