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Friendly Fire

Original title: Ação Entre Amigos
  • 19981998
  • 1h 16m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
395
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Friendly Fire (1998)
  • Drama
Brazil in the early 70s. Miguel, Eloi, Osvaldo and Paolo take part in armed attacks against the military dictatorship. They pay a heavy price with torture and arrest. Today the four friends ... Read allBrazil in the early 70s. Miguel, Eloi, Osvaldo and Paolo take part in armed attacks against the military dictatorship. They pay a heavy price with torture and arrest. Today the four friends still see each other. Only Miguel is politically active. On a photograph from a political ... Read allBrazil in the early 70s. Miguel, Eloi, Osvaldo and Paolo take part in armed attacks against the military dictatorship. They pay a heavy price with torture and arrest. Today the four friends still see each other. Only Miguel is politically active. On a photograph from a political meeting in Sao Paolo he recognises the policeman who tortured them 25 years ago and who wa... Read all
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
395
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  • Director
    • Beto Brant
  • Writers
    • Marçal Aquino(screenplay)
    • Beto Brant
    • Renato Ciasca
  • Stars
    • Leonardo Villar
    • Helio Lahal
    • Zécarlos Machado
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  • Director
    • Beto Brant
  • Writers
    • Marçal Aquino(screenplay)
    • Beto Brant
    • Renato Ciasca
  • Stars
    • Leonardo Villar
    • Helio Lahal
    • Zécarlos Machado
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    • 2User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 2 nominations

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    Genésio de Barros and Zécarlos Machado in Friendly Fire (1998)
    Friendly Fire (1998)
    Cacá Amaral, Genésio de Barros, Zécarlos Machado, and Carlos Meceni in Friendly Fire (1998)
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    Friendly Fire (1998)

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    Leonardo Villar
    Leonardo Villar
    • Correia
    Helio Lahal
    • Passageiro do ônibus
    Zécarlos Machado
    Zécarlos Machado
    • Miguel
    • (as Zé Carlos Machado)
    Cacá Amaral
    • Elói
    Carlos Meceni
    • Paulo
    Genésio de Barros
    • Osvaldo
    Melina Anthís
    • Lúcia
    Rodrigo Brassoloto
    • Young Miguel
    Sergio Cavalcante
    • Young Elói
    Herberson Hoerbe
    • Young Paulo
    Douglas Simon
    • Young Osvaldo
    José Mayer
    Fernando Torres
    Fernando Torres
    • Hugo Assis
    Hermes Baroli
    • Ladrão
    • Director
      • Beto Brant
    • Writers
      • Marçal Aquino(screenplay) (story)
      • Beto Brant
      • Renato Ciasca
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    Storyline

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    • Crazy credits
      In the end titles, dialogs from different moments of the movie are played again with music of the soundtrack, while the credits go being displayed. After the last line of the credits, one can hear "Acabou, Paulo! Acabou!" ('It's the end, Paulo! It's the end!')

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    Top review
    9/10
    Friends come to terms with the truth of their past
    ACAO ENTRE AMIGOS (Friendly Fire) is best described by its English title. The Brazilian media has called it a realistic response to FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER (O que e isso, companheiro?)the 97/98 Oscar-nom viewed by many in Brazil as a Hollywood production masquerading as a Brazilian film romanticizing the victims of the the military dictatorship. Knowing that in advance, I still found it very clear that "Friendly Fire" was indeed a more balanced, contemporary and real visit to Brazil's recent past. The view of the armed opposition by the middle to upper class students is served straight up here, not resorting to tear-jerking cliches of innocent, ill-fated Bohemian victims. It seems the latter results in better Box Office results, but nevertheless director Breto Brant who also adapted Marcal de Aquino's "Acao entre amigos" for the screen, tells it like it was more often than not, and this "risk" seems very successful. The film, at 78 minutes, is short, to the point, and action-packed. It takes place today as four friends are traveling for a "fishing trip" where the catch is their torturer 25 or so years ago, now living under another identity after having been declared dead by authorities. Through flashbacks, the films reconstructs each character's ordeals during those terrible years. But, what they don't realize until the end is that a secret yet unknown will drastically change the reality of the story they lived together 25 years ago. Its tragic consequences will alter the lives of all involved in the story. A good, CREDIBLE political thriller/buddy drama.
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    • May 25, 1999

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    • Release date
      • October 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Brazil
    • Language
      • Portuguese
    • Also known as
      • Strzelając do przyjaciół
    • Filming locations
      • Barra Bonita, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Production companies
      • Dezenove Som e Imagem
      • TV Cultura
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 16 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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