Um Tiro no Escuro (2005)

A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon and works in a strip-tease bar so she can survive. When she is fired, she joins a gang of bank robbers...

Director:

Leonel Vieira

Writers:

Jorge Almeida (script), Jorge Almeida (story),

Stars:

Joaquim de Almeida, Vanessa Mesquita, Filipe Duarte

2 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Joaquim de Almeida	...	Rafael
Vanessa Mesquita	...	Verônica (as Vanessa Machado)
Filipe Duarte	...	Engenheiro
Ivo Canelas	...	Brocas
Miguel Borges	...	Metralha
Margarida Marinho	...	Isabel
Cristina Cunha	...	Filipa, Rafael's partner
João Lagarto	...	Castro Ferraz
Almeno Gonçalves	...	Piteira
Inês Costa	...	Maria, Rafael's daughter
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Orlando Costa	...	Pai Metralha
Sandra Cóias	...	Marlene
Durval Lucena	...	Gipsy
Fernando Lupach	...	Caixa Branco
Raquel Maria	...	Mãe Metralha

Storyline

A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon and works in a strip-tease bar so she can survive. When she is fired, she joins a gang of bank robbers...

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Plot Keywords:

airport | bank robbery | teamwork | kidnapping | lisbon portugal | 

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller | Drama | Action

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Portugal Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Release Date:

17 March 2005 (Portugal)

Box Office

Budget:

€1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cine Studio Filmes, MGN Filmes, MGN Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

don't be misled... it's not that good

If you like to watch (in the end) overtly sentimental dramas with average acting (pace other reviews) and with a storyline that doesn't exactly require a genius to compound, you will have a great time watching this movie. The plot is somewhat dull and way too familiar from other crime/heist flicks, except for one sole twist in it, while the music is totally conventional (by American standards), at points reminding of second-class thrillers without any real chance of creating suspense (and in fact this is more a drama-cum-crime flick than anything else). At the end sequence it really felt like watching a watered-down Brazilian soap-opera episode (i.e. it really wasn't as sentimental as it could have been). On the positive side, Um Tiro... has real smooth, Hollywood-style camera-work, but, even here, you will not find nothing out of the ordinary. And routine visuals cannot make up for what the film lacks in depth and imagination.