Uma Onda no Ar

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Uma Onda no Ar

2002

1h 32m

6.3(10 votes)

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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.

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10 members

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Babu Santana

Roque

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Adolfo Moura

Zequiel

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Benjamim Abras

Brau

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Edyr de Castro

Neusa

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Priscila Dias

Fátima

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Renata Otto

Lídia

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Tião D'Avila

Delegado

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Hamilton Borges Walê

Baiano

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Marku Ribas

Pai de Brau

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Alexandre Moreno

Jorge

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