---
title: 'Four Days in September (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bruno Barreto'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Brazil'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/four-days-in-september-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119815/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Four Days in September (1997)

1997 · 106 min · Drama, Action, Thriller, History · Brazil, United States

Original title: O Que É Isso, Companheiro?

## Synopsis

Four Days in September is a 1997 Brazilian thriller film directed by Bruno Barreto and produced by his parents Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto. It is a dramatized version of the 1969 kidnapping of the United States Ambassador to Brazil, Charles Burke Elbrick, by members of Revolutionary Movement 8th October (MR-8) and Ação Libertadora Nacional (ALN).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bruno Barreto](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-barreto)
- **Screenplay:** [Fernando Gabeira](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-gabeira), [Leopoldo Serran](https://cinepixo.com/people/leopoldo-serran)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stewart Copeland](https://cinepixo.com/people/stewart-copeland)
- **Producer:** [Lucy Barreto](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucy-barreto), [Luiz Carlos Barreto](https://cinepixo.com/people/luiz-carlos-barreto)
- **Director of Photography:** [Félix Monti](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-monti)

## Cast

- [Cláudia Abreu](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudia-abreu) as Renée / Vera Sílvia Magalhães
- [Luiz Fernando Guimarães](https://cinepixo.com/people/luiz-fernando-guimaraes) as Franklin Martins
- [Fisher Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/fisher-stevens) as Mowinkel
- [Caroline Kava](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-kava)
- [Caio Junqueira](https://cinepixo.com/people/caio-junqueira) as Júlio / Cid Benjamin
- [Pedro Cardoso](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-cardoso) as Fernando Gabeira
- [Alessandra Negrini](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandra-negrini) as Lília
- [Alan Arkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-arkin) as Charles Burke Elbrick
- [Milton Gonçalves](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-goncalves)
- [Eduardo Moscovis](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduardo-moscovis)
- [Fernanda Torres](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernanda-torres) as Andréia / Maria
- [Othon Bastos](https://cinepixo.com/people/othon-bastos)
- [Matheus Nachtergaele](https://cinepixo.com/people/matheus-nachtergaele) as Jonas / Virgílio Gomes da Silva
- [Fernanda Montenegro](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernanda-montenegro) as Dona Margarida / Elba Souto-Maior
- [Selton Mello](https://cinepixo.com/people/selton-mello) as César / Oswaldo

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/four-days-in-september-1997
Film facts: Wikidata (Q137703); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.