Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. Cesare, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.
| Directing | Bruno Barreto | Director |
| Writing | Fernando Gabeira | Writer |
| Production | Lucy Barreto | Producer |
| Sound | Chico Buarque | Music |
| Production | Luiz Carlos Barreto | Producer |
| Sound | Pietro Mascagni | Music |
| Sound | Stewart Copeland | Music |
| Writing | Leopoldo Serran | Writer |
| Camera | Félix Monti | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Isabelle Rathery | Editor |
| Art | Marcos Flaksman | Production Design |
| Art | Alexandre Meyer | Production Design |
| Art | Marcos Flaksman | Art Direction |
| Art | Carlos Eduardo Mallet | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emilia Duncan | Costume Design |
| Crew | Jorge Só | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Sergio Farjalla Jr. | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Sergio Farjalla | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Directing | Ricardo Favilla | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Luiz Henrique Fonseca | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Mary Ann Braubach | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Doug Reed | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Marty Hutcherson | Sound |
| Sound | Michael Ferdie | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Stuart Deutsch | Sound |
| Sound | Rick Ash | Sound |
| Camera | Jacques Cheuiche | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Gustavo Hadba | Steadicam Operator |
| Crew | Ilann Girard | Thanks |
| Production | Sheila Jaffe | Casting |
| Production | Georgianne Walken | Casting |
| Production | Olívia Guimarães | Casting |
| Directing | Fernanda Luz | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | Julie Sayres | Script Editor |
| Sound | Rolf Pardula | Sound |
