Four Days in September

Original title: O Que é Isso, Companheiro?

1997
R
1h 50m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

5.9K

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Alan Arkin in Four Days in September (1997)

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Brazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fe... Read allBrazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.Brazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.

Director
- Bruno Barreto
Writers
- Fernando Gabeira
- Leopoldo Serran
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

5.9K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Bruno Barreto
Writers
- Fernando Gabeira
- Leopoldo Serran
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 9 nominations total

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Trivia
Fernando Gabeira, now a former politician and a very famous newsman, took part in the action, was arrested and exiled. He wrote the book in which the movie is based on and he was the character of Pedro Cardoso. At the time the movie was nominated to the Oscar, he was a Federal Congressman and, in spite of everything, he was not allowed to go to USA to take part in the party because 30 years before he had taken part in the kidnapping of an American Ambassador.

Goofs
The real match in which the kidnappers release the Ambassador on its crowd was between the clubs ''America'' vs ''Fluminense'', not ''Flamengo'' vs ''Vasco'' as the film shows.

Quotes
[about Maria, the leader of MR-8]
Fernando Gabeira: She either wants to fuck me or fuck me over.

Connections
Featured in 1964: O Brasil Entre Armas e Livros (2019)

Soundtracks
Intermezzo sinfonico
from "Cavalleria rusticana"
Music by Pietro Mascagni

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Featured review

Intelligent and exciting

This is a truly passionate film about young men and women who fight for ideals that they believe in.

A Brazillian rebel group has kidnapped the American ambassador for Brazil, and demands that fifteen jailed political prisoners be let free. This leads to some tense sequences with Fernando, the most intelligent and cowardly of the kidnappers, and the ambassador (played brilliantly by Alan Arkin).

This could have become a routine thriller. It isn't due to it's intelligence and passion. A very worthwhile movie.

** Even if you're turned off by the idea of subtitles, don't worry. There is a lot of English.