Bus 174
2002 · 118 min · Director: José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda
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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.
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Bus 174 (2002) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 35%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Details
- Directed by
- José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda
- Written by
- Bráulio Mantovani, José Padilha
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2002
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Country
- Brazil
- Genres
- Documentary, Crime
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Anxiety
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