| Last Stop 174 | |
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| Directed by | Bruno Barreto |
| Produced by | Patrick Siaretta Paulo Dantas Bruno Barreto Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre |
| Written by | Bráulio Mantovani |
| Starring | André Ramiro Douglas Silva Anna Cotrim Michel Gomes Cris Vianna Marcello Melo Jr. Gabriela Luiz Tay Lopez Rafael Logan |
| Music by | Marcelo Zarvos |
| Editing by | Letícia Giffoni |
| Studio | Bia Salgado Ricardo Blat Rogério Blat |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures Brazil |
| Release date(s) | October 24, 2008 |
| Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Last Stop 174 (Portuguese: Última Parada 174) is a 2008 Brazilian film directed by Bruno Barreto, written by Braulio Mantovani, produced by Moonshot Pictures and starring Michel Gomes and Marcello Melo Jr. The film relates a fictionalized account of the life of Sandro Rosa do Nascimento, street kid in Rio de Janeiro that survived the Candelaria massacre, and in 2000, hijacked a bus. On September 16, 2008 the film was chosen by the Ministry of Culture as the representative of Brazil in the Oscar competition for best foreign film at the ceremony in 2009.
In rigorous reconstruction of the facts, the film was set in locations of downtown Rio de Janeiro, as the Candelária Church, the neighborhood of the Jardim Botânico, Tavares Bastos' favela (slum) and Curicica, over eight weeks, between July, August and September 2007.
The last hours of the life of Sandro do Nascimento, 22 years old, "the Bus 174 hijacker", were followed by millions of people through TV worldwide. His burial was accompanied by only one person - his adoptive mother.
Enticed by the documentary Bus 174 by José Padilha, director Bruno Barreto built a fictional account to tell the story of meeting a teenage orphan and a woman obsessed by the memory of her son. The meeting of two people adrift, which ended with the death of a young teacher and Sandro, leaving orphaned again that mother of her son.
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