Uma Onda no Ar

Sep 6, 2002

1h 32m

★ 6.3

Overview

Based on the true story of four friends who decide to install a communal pirate radio station called Rádio Favela in a shanty-town, to give voice to the outcasts' complaints.

Genres

Drama

Action

Production Companies

Quimera Filmes

Uma Onda no Ar Trailers

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Cast

Roque

Babu Santana

Zequiel

Adolfo Moura

Brau

Benjamim Abras

Neusa

Edyr de Castro

Fátima

Priscila Dias

Lídia

Renata Otto

Delegado

Tião D'Avila

Baiano

Hamilton Borges Walê

Pai de Brau

Marku Ribas

Jorge

Alexandre Moreno

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