“Reality transcends fiction”
Bus 174
7.3
145 votes·2002
·1h 58m
·MovieDocumentaryCrime
Overview
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.
Keywords
police brutalityslumhostagerio de janeirohijackingbus hijackingteachermassacre survivorstreet kidhomeless teenager
Cast
Yvonne Bezerra de Mello
Herself
Sandro do Nascimento
Himself
Rodrigo Pimentel
Himself
Luiz Eduardo Soares
Himself
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