FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER (O QUE É ISSO, COMPANHEIRO?) World Cinema

Best known for DONA FLOR
AND HER TWO HUSBANDS,
Barreto enters the complex world of
politics, based on the true story of the
1969 kidnapping of the American
ambassador to Brazil (Alan Arkin). A
group of young and naive idealists
join together to carry out an act of
terrorism, their only means of giving
voice to their progressive dreams and
visions in a military regime. In this
frank and substantial portrait of the
idealism and naivete that often is a
part ofrevolutionary politics, Barreto
delves candidly into the lives and
emotions of each of the young
terrorists, while treating his characters
with compassion and humanity.