Four Days in September

Four Days in September (O Que É Isso, Companheiro?)
Original movie poster
Directed by	Bruno Barreto
Produced by	Lucy Barreto Luiz Carlos Barreto
Written by	Fernando Gabeira (novel) Leopoldo Serran
Starring	Alan Arkin Pedro Cardoso Fernanda Torres Luiz Fernando Guimarães Cláudia Abreu
Music by	Stewart Copeland
Cinematography	Félix Monti
Editing by	Isabelle Rathery
Studio	Luiz Carlos Barreto Produções Cinematográficas
Distributed by	RioFilme Miramax (US)
Release date(s)	19 April 1997 (Brazil) 30 January 1998 (US)
Running time	110 min
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese English

Four Days in September (Original title in Portuguese: O Que É Isso, Companheiro?) is a 1997 Brazilian thriller film directed by Bruno Barreto and produced by his parents Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto. The film is based on the 1979 memoir "O Que É Isso Companheiro?" (in English: "What's This, Comrade?") written by politician Fernando Gabeira. Internationally, the movie was nominated for many awards, including the Best Foreign Language Film by the Academy Awards.

Plot

The film tells the true story of the abduction of the American ambassador Charles Burke Elbrick in 1969 by the MR-8 group, in which Mr. Gabeira and his friends participated.

Characters

The main characters include:

• Fernando Gabeira (Pedro Cardoso) - one of the student kidnappers.
• Maria (Fernanda Torres) - the beautiful, but tough guerrilla leader who falls in love with Fernando.
• Charles Burke Elbrick (Alan Arkin) - the American ambassador who forms a kind of friendship with Fernando.

External links

• A review by James Berardinelli
• Four Days in September at the Internet Movie Database
• A BBC review