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  • 2010
  • R
  • Journeyman Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2010
  • R
  • Journeyman Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m
Sequestro: A Story of Kidnapping

Summary During four years a film crew followed for the first time the classified investigations and tactics of the Sao Paulo Anti-Kidnapping Police Division. During this period 386 people were kidnapped in the State and over 1,500 Brazil. Kidnappers victim, police officers, politicians mixed with the emotions of police actions takes the view to ...

Directed By: Jorge W. Atalla

Written By: Caio Cavechini, Jorge W. Atalla

  • 2010
  • R
  • Journeyman Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2010
  • R
  • Journeyman Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m

Sequestro: A Story of Kidnapping

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary During four years a film crew followed for the first time the classified investigations and tactics of the Sao Paulo Anti-Kidnapping Police Division. During this period 386 people were kidnapped in the State and over 1,500 Brazil. Kidnappers victim, police officers, politicians mixed with the emotions of police actions takes the view to ...

Directed By: Jorge W. Atalla

Written By: Caio Cavechini, Jorge W. Atalla

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
56
33% Positive
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67% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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67% Mixed
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70
Amazingly, the suspenseful Sequestro is a film of a remarkable number of happy endings, a tribute to the well-honed skills and knowledge that the DAS has developed since its founding in 2000.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
70
Audiences might feel they've been taken hostage during certain parts of Sequestro (Kidnapping), but Brazilian helmer Jorge W. Atalla's documentary is ultimately electrifying, both in what it reveals and how it reveals it. .
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60
Filming over four years and tracking several cases, the Brazilian director Jorge W. Atalla favors a fevered shooting style that's repetitious and disorienting but also effortlessly dramatic.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
60
There are riveting moments, especially in tastefully shot interviews with former captives, who quietly describe their physical and psychological torture.
By Stephen Garrett FULL REVIEW
50
The audience it manages to reach will find it as vicerally satisfying as a doc on this subject can be.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
50
Staying squarely with those victims, what Sequestro does crudely do is communicate the only really sensible platform-an abhorrence of cruelty.
By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Filmland International, MIDMIX Entretenimento, Paradigm Pictures, Yukon Filmes
Release Date Sep 10, 2010
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating R
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Website http://www.sequestroofilme.com.br/
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Awards

Recife Cine PE Audiovisual Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Beverly Hills Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 1 Nomination

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