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Original title: O Que é Isso, Companheiro?

19971997
K-12K-12
1h 50m

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Brazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fe... Read allBrazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.Brazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.

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7.4/10

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Director
- Bruno Barreto
Writers
- Fernando Gabeira(novel "O Que é Isso, Companheiro?")
- Leopoldo Serran
Stars

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 9 nominations total

Trivia
According to an interview, the director Bruno Barreto cut out one scene where Alan Arkin's character appeared speaking his lines in Portuguese. Alan was very disappointed by the fact that this scene was removed.

Goofs
(at around 1h 16 mins) Shortly before 8:30 PM on the final day, late in the countdown to 10:00 PM, Maria's watch clearly shows the hands at approximately 9:32.

Quotes
[about Maria, the leader of MR-8]
Fernando Gabeira: She either wants to fuck me or fuck me over.

Connections
Featured in 1964: O Brasil Entre Armas e Livros (2019)

Soundtracks
Intermezzo sinfonico
from "Cavalleria rusticana"
Music by Pietro Mascagni

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Review

Featured review

8/10

Gripping, suspenseful, real.

"Four Days in September" examines the 1969 politically motivated kidnapping of the U.S. ambassador to Brazil. The Oscar nominated film is a realistic and believable dissection of the short lived international incident perpetrated by a small group of leftist extremists opposed to Brazil's military dictatorship. Unlike most such films, "Four Days..." puts a realistic and human face on all sides; the police, the rebels, and the American diplomat played by Arkin. A captivating, suspenseful drama in Portugese and English languages for realists.

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