Bus 174

Name: Bus 174
Genre: Crime, Documentary
Released: 2002-10-22
Duration: 118 min
Cast: Sandro do Nascimento, Rodrigo Pimentel, Luiz Eduardo Soares, Yvonne Bezerra de Mello

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Release Date

10/22/2002

Runtime

118 mins

Genres

Crime Documentary

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Portuguese

Budget

Revenue

$217,201

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A harrowing documentary of a real bus hijacking in Rio de Janeiro that unfolds as a tense standoff, revealing the desperation of a street kid and the systemic failures that led to tragedy. It's a stark indictment of police incompetence and social abandonment.