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Taking American ambassador Charles Elbrick (ALAN ARKIN) hostage, they threaten to kill him within forty-eight hours if certain political prisoners aren't released. Holed up in a large house outside of town, the group waits for the government's decision.
This low-key and highly intelligent Brazilian film set in 1969 deals with the complexities of political action. Full Review | Mar 1, 2002. Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 14, 2001. I ...
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Oct 1, 1997 · Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. Cesare, 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.
Synopsis. 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 ...
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Create New. Four Days in September ("O Que É Isso, Companheiro?") is a 1997 film from Brazil, directed by Bruno Barreto. It is based on a Real Life terrorist kidnapping that happened in 1969. As the opening titles explain, in 1964 a right-wing military junta took over in Brazil, and in 1968 said junta assumed full authoritarian control ...
An account of the 1969 kidnapping of the U.S. ambassador to Brazil, Charles Burke Elbrick, by left-wing revolutionaries. Holed-up for a tense four days awaiting a response from the government, many of the personal encounters between the kidnappers and Ambassador Elbrick--as each member stands...
