Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.
Direction
Padilha weaponizes real footage like a thriller director.
Editing
Seamlessly weaves hostage crisis with Sandro's devastating backstory.
Acting
Survivor testimonies hit harder than any performance.
Director
José Padilha
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Padilha originally planned a fiction film but switched to documentary after discovering the archival footage was more brutal than anything he could stage.
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