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The film is a fictional version of the dramatic events of the 1969 kidnap of the United States ambassador Charles Burke Elbrick (played by Alan Arkin) in 1969. Elbrick was taken in Rio de Janeiro by the Revolutionary Movement 8th October (MR-8) with help of Ação Libertadora Nacional (ALN). Gabeira (played by Pedro Cardoso (Brazilian actor) and named Paulo in the film) as a student joins the radical movement after the military takeover of the Brazilian government. He and his comrades, led by Andréia, gradually decided to kidnap the ambassador as a protest, and are shown mostly planning and executing the kidnapping. Paulo is portrayed as "the most intelligent and uncertain of the kidnappers."

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TheTVDB.com Movie ID 25048
Status Released
Released Worldwide May 1, 1997
Runtime 110 minutes
Genres Drama Thriller
Original Country Brazil
Original Language Portuguese - Portugal
Spoken Languages English Portuguese - Portugal
Studio Miramax
Production Company Miramax Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Production Countries Brazil
On Other Sites IMDB TheMovieDB.com
Box Office Worldwide $1,800,000 US $0
Award Nominations Academy Awards, Foreign Language Film, 1998
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Alan Arkin
as Charles Burke Elbrick
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Pedro Cardoso
as Fernando Gabeira / Paulo
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Fernanda Torres
as Maria
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Luiz Fernando Guimarães
as Marcão
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Matheus Nachtergaele
as Jonas
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Nelson Dantas
as Toledo
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Marco Ricca
as Henrique
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Maurício Gonçalves
as Brandão
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Alessandra Negrini
as Lilia
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Eduardo Moscovis
as Artur
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Caroline Kava
as Elvira Elbrick
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Lulu Santos
as Sargento Eiras
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Luiz Armando Queiroz
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Antônio Pedro
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Cláudia Abreu
as Reneé
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Caio Junqueira
as Julio
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Selton Mello
as Oswaldo
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Fisher Stevens
as Mowinkel
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Fernanda Montenegro
as Dona Margarida
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Milton Gonçalves
as
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Othon Bastos
as
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Name
Bruno Barreto

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