RIOFILME (Organization)
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Captain Nascimento has risen in his career to become the commander-in-chief of Rio de Janeiro's BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) and later, a populist choice as the Sub-Secretary of Intelligence. In his new post, Nascimento strengthens BOPE and cripples the drug trade even further, bringing it to its knees. But soon he comes to a sobering realization that upon doing so, he ends up aiding his true enemies: corrupt cops and dirty politicians...
Series
Film Movement volume 2, film 4
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on a true story, The Middle of the World is the story of a couple and their five children -- ages ranging from 6 months to 14 years old -- as they travel 3,200 km by bicycle to chase a dream. Romao, an illiterate and unemployed truck driver, and his wife Rose, leave the State of Paraiba in Brazil, and over the course of six months, travel across five states to reach Rio de Janeiro, in a quest for a job and a decent life.