Four Days in September

Four Days in September

Their goal: freedom. Their only hope: an international incident. Their target: the American ambassador.

1997110 min7.5 / 10

A tense historical thriller about idealistic revolutionaries caught in a morally complex kidnapping plot during Brazil's military dictatorship, balancing political conviction against human cost.

Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.

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