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Salve Geral

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Time of Fear is a 2009 Brazilian thriller film directed and written by Sérgio Rezende. It depicts the May 2006 riots perpetuated by the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) criminal organization in the state of São Paulo. The Ministry of Culture submitted it for consideration of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 82nd Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. The Film won the Crystal Lens Award for Best Feature Film at the 2nd Brazilian Film Festival of London. Plot The film portrays the fictional story of Lúcia, a widowed middle class piano teacher whose 18-year-old son Rafael is imprisoned before the riots because of his participation in a car accident which resulted in the death of a girl. While visiting her son at jail, Lúcia meets Ruiva (Redheaded), lawyer of "the Professor", leader of the PCC (referred in the movie as "The Command"). The two women soon bond, and Ruiva starts using Lúcia in tasks for the criminal organization. Lúcia needs the money so she ends up accepting the mission, putting herself in the boundary between legality and crime. Meanwhile, The Command is experiencing a turbulent internal dispute for power, while facing a common enemy: the prison system. Salve Geral lampoons the mass media for generating panic among the population of São Paulo with its sensationalistic coverage of the riot and not revealing the real cause of the revolt, which was the degrading situation of the state prison system. Cast Andréa Beltrão as Lúcia Denise Weinberg as "Ruiva" Lee Taylor as Rafael Bruno Perillo as "the Professor" Guilherme Santana as Pedrão Chris Couto as Ângela Juliano Cazarré as Zé Taiguara Nazareth as Tirso Giulio Lopes as Dávila Michel Gomes as Xizão Kiko Mascarenhas as commissioner Raul Otávio Martins as China Rafael Losso as Beto Fábio Herford as Rubinho Almir Barros as Tavinho Celso 'Not Dead' Camargo as Diguinho Catarina Abdala as Female Guard Luciano Chirolli as Secretary Pascoal da Conceição as Dr. Pereira Fernão Lacerda as Prison guard Henrique Neves as DEPEN Agent Marizilda Dias Rosa as Tiana João Signorelli as "Careca" Neco Villa Lobos as military Police officer

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Time of Fear is a 2009 Brazilian thriller film directed and written by Sérgio Rezende. It depicts the May 2006 riots perpetuated by the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) criminal organization in the state of São Paulo. The Ministry of Culture submitted it for consideration of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 82nd Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. The Film won the Crystal Lens Award for Best Feature Film at the 2nd Brazilian Film Festival of London. Plot The film portrays the fictional story of Lúcia, a widowed middle class piano teacher whose 18-year-old son Rafael is imprisoned before the riots because of his participation in a car accident which resulted in the death of a girl. While visiting her son at jail, Lúcia meets Ruiva (Redheaded), lawyer of "the Professor", leader of the PCC (referred in the movie as "The Command"). The two women soon bond, and Ruiva starts using Lúcia in tasks for the criminal organization. Lúcia needs the money so she ends up accepting the mission, putting herself in the boundary between legality and crime. Meanwhile, The Command is experiencing a turbulent internal dispute for power, while facing a common enemy: the prison system. Salve Geral lampoons the mass media for generating panic among the population of São Paulo with its sensationalistic coverage of the riot and not revealing the real cause of the revolt, which was the degrading situation of the state prison system. Cast Andréa Beltrão as Lúcia Denise Weinberg as "Ruiva" Lee Taylor as Rafael Bruno Perillo as "the Professor" Guilherme Santana as Pedrão Chris Couto as Ângela Juliano Cazarré as Zé Taiguara Nazareth as Tirso Giulio Lopes as Dávila Michel Gomes as Xizão Kiko Mascarenhas as commissioner Raul Otávio Martins as China Rafael Losso as Beto Fábio Herford as Rubinho Almir Barros as Tavinho Celso 'Not Dead' Camargo as Diguinho Catarina Abdala as Female Guard Luciano Chirolli as Secretary Pascoal da Conceição as Dr. Pereira Fernão Lacerda as Prison guard Henrique Neves as DEPEN Agent Marizilda Dias Rosa as Tiana João Signorelli as "Careca" Neco Villa Lobos as military Police officer

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