BUS 174

BUS 174 is a careful investigation of the hijack of a bus in Rio, based on an extensive research of stock footage, interviews and official documents.

The hijack took place in June 12, 2000 (Valentines day in Brazil) and was broadcast live for 4 and a half hours. The whole country stopped to watch the drama on TV.

The film tells 2 parallel stories. Not only does it explain the dramatic events that unfolded as the police tried, and failed, to handle the hijack situation; but it also tells the amazing life story of the hijacker, revealing how a typical Rio de Janeiro street kid was transformed into a violent criminal because society systematically denied him any kind of social existence.

Both stories are interwoven in a such a way that they end up explaining why Brazil, and other countries with similar social and economic problems, are so violent.

Brazil / 2002 / 119min / Portuguese with English subtitles

Credits

Director: José Padilha
Producer: José Padilha e Marcos Prado
Co-Diretor: Felipe Lacerda
Co-Producer: Rodrigo Pimentel
Editor: Felipe Lacerda
Photographer: Cesar Moraes e Marcelo Guru
Sound: Yam Saldanha e Aloísio Compasso
Research: Jorge Alves e Fernanda Cardoso
Sound Track: João Nabuco e Sasha Ambak
Assistance to Director: Alexandre Lima

Awards

Best Documentary Public Vote - Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 2002
Best Brazilian Film of the Year - FIPRESCI award. Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 2002
Best Documentary - International Critics Award. São Paulo International Film Festival 2002

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