Four Days in September

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Four Days in September (O Que É Isso, Companheiro?)
Original movie poster
Directed by	Bruno Barreto
Produced by	Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto
Written by	Fernando Gabeira (novel) Leopoldo Serran
Starring	Alan Arkin Pedro Cardoso 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

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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 friendnship with Fernando.