Filmboxd Logo

Filmboxd

2002

Bus 174

Directed by José Padilha

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.

Duration

1h 58m

Released

October 22, 2002

Revenue

$217,201

You´re not logged yet? Do it here

7.4

Rating132

Views0

Likes0

Lists31

Cast4

  • Yvonne Bezerra de Mello
  • Sandro do Nascimento
  • Rodrigo Pimentel
  • Luiz Eduardo Soares

Recommended Films

  • The French Connection
  • Black Cat, White Cat
  • Sweet Sixteen
  • The Assassination of Richard Nixon
  • Tsotsi
  • No Good Deed
  • Training Day
  • Along Came a Spider
  • B. Monkey
  • Maria Full of Grace
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Strange Days
  • Inside Man
  • Killing Zoe
  • The Passion of Slow Fire
  • Miami Vice
  • Megacities
  • Léon: The Professional
  • Bad Education
  • City of God