ACTS OF MEN should have been a film about the daily lives of massacre survivors in Brazil. Everything was planned for us to start shooting in April 2005. But reality did not wait. On the last day of March, exactly one month before principal photography, things changed: A terrible massacre took place in Baixada Fluminense, near Rio de Janeiro. Twenty-nine people were killed by a death squad, the largest massacre in the history of Rio de Janeiro. The killers are extermination groups made up of policemen who work in the area, and are involved in extortions, kidnapping, drug dealing and homicide. This has been going on since the 1950s, but it has never been as extreme as it is now.
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Kiko Goifman Director · Diego Gozze Cinematographer Patrício Salgado Editor
First release February 1, 2006 · Produced in Brazil, Germany, Netherlands · Original title Atos dos Homens
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Brazil · Germany · Netherlands
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Original title
Atos dos Homens
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Germany · February 1, 2006
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Brazil
March 31, 2006 · Sao Paulo It's All True International Documentary Film Festival
France
November 26, 2006 · Nantes Festival of 3 Continents
Mexico
March 28, 2006 · Guadalajara Film Festival
United Kingdom
November 13, 2008 · Jungle CineClub
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