- Four Days in September
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Four Days in September
(O Que É Isso, Companheiro?)
Original movie posterDirected by Bruno Barreto Produced by Lucy Barreto
Luiz Carlos BarretoWritten by Fernando Gabeira (novel)
Leopoldo SerranStarring Alan Arkin
Pedro Cardoso
Fernanda Torres
Luiz Fernando Guimarães
Cláudia AbreuMusic 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
EnglishFour 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
1970s 1980s Gabriela, Cravo e Canela (1983)1990s 2000s Bossa Nova (2000) · View from the Top (2003) · O Casamento de Romeu e Julieta (2005) · Última Parada 174 (2008)Cinema of Brazil Categories:- 1997 films
- Brazilian films
- Portuguese-language films
- Films depicting Latin American military dictatorships
- Films directed by Bruno Barreto
- Films set in Rio de Janeiro
- Films set in the 1960s
- 1990s thriller films
- Brazilian film stubs
- Biographical film stubs
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