Uma Onda no Ar

Uma Onda no Ar (2002)

September 6th, 20021h 32min

Drama, Action
63%

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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