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Sequestro

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Brazil · 2009
Rated R · 1h 34m
Director Jorge W. Atalla
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For four years, a film crew followed the classified investigations and actions of the São Paulo Anti-Kidnapp Police Force. Over the course of this time, 386 people were kidnapped in the state of São Paulo and over 1,500 in Brazil.

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Variety by

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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The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis

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.

70

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas

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.

50

Village Voice by Nick Pinkerton

Staying squarely with those victims, what Sequestro does crudely do is communicate the only really sensible platform-an abhorrence of cruelty.

60

Time Out by Stephen Garrett

There are riveting moments, especially in tastefully shot interviews with former captives, who quietly describe their physical and psychological torture.

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