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Bus 174 DVD cover |
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| Directed by | José Padilha Felipe Lacerda |
| Produced by | Zazen Produções |
| Written by | José Padilha |
| Starring | Sandro do Nascimento |
| Music by | Sacha Amback João Nabuco |
| Cinematography | Marcelo Duarte Cezar Moraes |
| Editing by | Felipe Lacerda |
| Distributed by | Zazen Produções |
| Release date(s) | October 22, 2002 (São Paulo Film Festival) |
| Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese (Brazilian) |
| Box office | $217,201 (USA) |
Bus 174 (Portuguese: Ônibus 174) is a Brazilian documentary film released on October 22, 2002. It is the debut film of director José Padilha and co-director Felipe Lacerda. Sandro do Nascimento, a young man from a poor background, bungled a robbery and ended up holding the passengers on a bus hostage for four hours. The event was caught live on television. The movie examines the incident and what life is like in the slums and favelas of Rio de Janeiro and how the criminal justice system in Brazil treats the lower classes. Within the film, Padilha interviews former and current street children, members of the Rio police force, the highly regarded Rio BOPE police team, family members, and sociologists in order to gain insight about what led Nascimento to carry out the hijacking.
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Sandro, Julieta (Aunt), Dova Elza (Adopted mother), Janaina (Hostage), Willians (Hostage), Lucianna (Hostage), Luciana (Hostage), Daviana (Hostage), Geisa (Hostage), Soaies (Sociologist), Yvonne (Social Worker)
Bus 174 distribution was supported mainly by U.S distributor Cinemax Reel Life (HBO), and ThinkFilm. U.S majors have become successful distributors of Brazilian films. Some say that production need support from either Gob Filmes, a film productionc company founded in 1990 by Globo Television Networks, or the help of a U.S. distributer to have a changes of success in the domestic market of Brazil. ref>Tauris, I.B. ‘Revisiting the “realism” of the cosmetics of hunger: Cidade de Deus and Ônibus 174’.
After it's released in 2002 at the Sao Paulo Film Festival, "Bus 174" was shown around the world, in many films festivals from Rio de Janeiro to Netherlands, and the Philippines. It received critical acclaim, and was presented with awards such as the 2004 Peabody Award and the Amnesty Award ,in the Netherlands.
The film has also been featured as an Official Selection at the multiple film festivals including:
Bus 174 was voted "one of the ten best films of the year" by The New York Times. It has won over 23 prizes worldwide, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cultural & Artistic Programming in 2005 (after being shown on HBO/Cinemax with great success), and the Amnesty Award in the Netherlands.
With 73 reviews written, Bus 174 achieved a rare 100% critics rating at Rotten Tomatoes.[1][2]
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