Ônibus 174
Opisy(1)
In June of 2000, a young homeless man, evidently high on drugs, made a failed attempt to rob a bus in a wealthy Rio de Janeiro neighborhood. When his plans went awry, the young man, Sandro do Nascimento, armed with a pistol, took the bus passengers hostage. Soon, cops and reporters surrounded the bus. A SWAT team arrived. About four hours later, the incident came to a horrific and tragic end. Filmmaker José Padilha's documentary, Bus 174, explores the events of that day. The film uses a great deal of file footage of the event, in addition to interviews with hostages, policemen, reporters, and others connected to the incident and to the unstable and desperate young man at its center. The filmmakers explore social conditions in the city, along with the personal traumas that led Sandro to his desperate act. As a child, Sandro had witnessed the brutal murder of his mother, and had subsequently found himself on the streets at an early age. In 1993, he survived the infamous massacre of homeless youths at Candelária, which is widely thought to have been committed by police officers. Sandro was also imprisoned at a youth facility, and in a city jail, and the appalling conditions in those prisons are also depicted in the film. (oficjalny tekst dystrybutora)
(więcej)Recenzje (1)
"The police do the dirty work that society doesn't want to see, but that the public hopes will get done in some dark corner." Do you think that after seeing some Brazilian movies recently that you have a basic idea of the situation reigning in the favelas? José Padilha, director of Tropa de Elite, will very quickly awake you from your naivety. The opening situations with the hostages held on the No. 174 bus serves “merely" as a spring board for getting an overview of the non-functional system. During this reconstruction composed of surviving footage, documents and newly filmed interviews with those involved and with experts you enter the dark waters of the City of God and other places too. The authors make room for all perspectives and opinions. From (un)official to the clearly extreme. But they spare no one. The kidnappers, the police, special units and mainly society itself. On the other hand, they condemn no one. And that’s as it should be. And what went on on the one-seven-four is luckily never forgotten and this is skillfully led to an indescribably powerful climax. Especially the footage of the rampage by the lynch mob are so chilling in a way that only authentic footage can be. Unfortunately I only saw the international film festival version which is a half hour shorter. Even so, it is a documentary of sufficient length to allow it to go sufficiently deeply into the issue. Ônibus 174 isn’t boring for a second. Its power and urgency will drain you. Emotionally, mentally and humanly. Totally.
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