Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.
Genres: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Keywords: tmdb.assassination, tmdb.ambassador, tmdb.freedom, tmdb.revolutionary, imdb.operation-condor, imdb.brazilian-military-dictatorship, imdb.friend + 49 more, imdb.brazil, imdb.question-in-title, imdb.maracana-stadium-rio-de-janeiro, imdb.cigarette-lighter, imdb.police-report, imdb.u-s-state-department, imdb.turban, imdb.toilet-stool, imdb.bathroom, imdb.telephone-repairman, imdb.take-out-food, imdb.reading-backwards, imdb.reference-to-pandora-s-box, imdb.amnesty, imdb.algeria, imdb.shot-in-the-back, imdb.want-ad, imdb.democracy, imdb.military-dictatorship, imdb.oppression, imdb.american-diplomat, imdb.bank, imdb.brazilian, imdb.prisoner, imdb.political-prisoner, imdb.terrorist, imdb.political-thriller, imdb.spanish-civil-war, imdb.sin, imdb.bravery, imdb.justice, imdb.freedom-of-the-press, imdb.hero, imdb.church, imdb.grocer, imdb.hatred, imdb.rain, imdb.bourgeoisie, imdb.toilet, imdb.mexico-city, imdb.photographer, imdb.wheelchair, imdb.bus, imdb.helicopter, mdblist.rotten, imdb.incarceration, imdb.american, imdb.police-car, awards.oscar-nominated
Production companies: Miramax, Columbia TriStar, Columbia Pictures Television Trading Company, Filmes do Equador, Luiz Carlos Barreto Produções Cinematográficas
Country: Brazil
Languages:
English,
Portuguese
