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O Que É Isso, Companheiro? (1997) -- Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties...

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Overview

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Director:

Bruno Barreto

Writers:

Fernando Gabeira (novel)
Leopoldo Serran (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

30 January 1998 (USA) more

Tagline:

Their goal: freedom. Their only hope: an international incident. Their target: the American ambassador.

Plot:

Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties... more | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations more

NewsDesk:

Oscar Watch: Foreign Language Film who's in, who's out?
 (From Hitfix. 6 October 2009, 1:03 AM, PDT)

User Comments:

Thank my lucky horseshoe more (19 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alan Arkin ... Charles Burke Elbrick
Fernanda Torres ... Maria
Pedro Cardoso ... Fernando Gabeira / Paulo
Luiz Fernando Guimarães ... Marcão
Cláudia Abreu ... Reneé
Nelson Dantas ... Toledo
Matheus Nachtergaele ... Jonas
Marco Ricca ... Henrique
Maurício Gonçalves ... Brandão
Caio Junqueira ... Julio

Selton Mello ... Oswaldo
Eduardo Moscovis ... Artur

Caroline Kava ... Elvira Elbrick
Fisher Stevens ... Mowinkel
Fernanda Montenegro ... Dona Margarida
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Four Days in September (USA)
Four Days in September (O Que É Isso Companheiro?) (UK) (TV title)
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MPAA:

Rated R for some language and violence.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

Brazil | USA

Language:

Portuguese | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR


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Trivia:

Title in Portuguese ("O que é isso, companheiro?") means "What's up, fella?". It refers to a dialog of the novel, said in answer when a character tells he is afraid. "Companheiro" is a treatment used between members of the left wing. Brazil's president Lula uses to call "companheiro" to a minister or even to a friend. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Casseta & Planeta: A Taça do Mundo É Nossa (2003) more

Soundtrack:

Madalena foi pro mar more


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19 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Thank my lucky horseshoe, 7 February 2003
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Author: vvanpo (vvanpo@comcast.net) from Renton, WA USA

The year is 1969. Brazil is under a brutal military dictatorship. Political prisoners are being held and tortured. In order to get the junta to free some of their comrades, a group of ragtag "revolutionaries" kidnap the U.S. Ambassabor and threaten his life unless their demands are met.

Well-written and tense, the film ably demonstrates the flaws of people trying to fight fire with fire: "an eye for and eye". Alan Arkin is wonderful as the ambassador. His character gives incisive psychological sketches of his kidnappers: fervent and brooding; yearning and lost.

Fernanda Torres and Pedro Cardoso are marvelous as comrades who become lovers by their admittance of how really scared they are.

My subject line refers to a line in the script that aptly describes the bending of the political spectrum at its ends. I'm glad I found this movie.

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