Rio do Medo (2018)
The documentary seeks to understand, through its characters’ testimonies and meaningful events, how Rio de Janeiro’s military police became a demoralized, violent and corrupt institution. Without denying the police’s importance, but aware of the difference between restraint and police brutality, the movie will relive the biggest events from the last decades in which those who tried to bring the military police closer to the law collided with those who transformed it into a feared symbol of urban violence.
Director: Ernesto Rodrigues
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Vinicius Cavaliere as |
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André Yatsuda as |
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Ibis Pereira as |
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Ubiratan Ângelo as |
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Paulo Storani as |
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Ana Fucs as |
| Directing | Ernesto Rodrigues | Director |
| Production | Pedro Pedreira | Executive Producer |
| Art | Uirá Fornaciari | Set Designer |
| Writing | Ernesto Rodrigues | Writer |
| Crew | Márcio Zavareze | Cinematography |
| Editing | Thiago Maia | Editor |
| Production | Alicia Lerer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Stephany Bizzo | Executive Producer |
| Production | Paulo Rubens Sampaio | Producer |