Four Days in September
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| Four Days in September (O Que É Isso, Companheiro?) |
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| Directed by | Bruno Barreto |
| Produced by | Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto |
| Written by | Fernando Gabeira (novel) Leopoldo Serran |
| Starring | Alan Arkin Fernanda Torres Luiz Fernando Guimarães Cláudia Abreu Selton Mello Fernanda Montenegro Milton Gonçalves Othon Bastos |
| Music by | Chico Buarque de Hollanda Stewart Copeland Pietro Mascagni |
| Distributed by | Miramax (US) / Columbia TriStar |
| Release date(s) | 19 April 1997 (Brazil) 30 January 1998 (U.S.) |
| Running time | 110 min |
| Language | Portuguese / English |
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Four Days in September (Original title in Portuguese: O Que É Isso, Companheiro?) is a 1997 Brazilian thriller film directed by Bruno Barreto and produced by his parents Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto. The film is based on the 1979 memoir "O Que É Isso Companheiro?" (in English: "What's This, Comrade?") written by politician Fernando Gabeira. Internationally, the movie was nominated for many awards, including the Best Foreign Language Film by the Academy Awards.
[edit] Plot
The film tells the true story of the abduction of the American ambassador Charles Burke Elbrick in 1969 by the revolutionary group MR8, in which Mr. Gabeira and his friends participated.
[edit] Characters
The main characters include:
- Fernando Gabeira (Pedro Cardoso) - one of the student kidnappers.
- Maria (Fernanda Torres) - the beautiful, but tough guerrilla leader that falls in love with Fernando.
- Charles Burke Elbrick (Alan Arkin) - the American ambassador that forms a kind of kinship with Fernando.
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