Something in the Air

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.

Cast

Babu Santana

as Roque

Adolfo Moura

as Zequiel

Benjamim Abras

as Brau

Edyr de Castro

as Neusa

Priscila Dias

as Fátima

Renata Otto

as Lídia

Tião D'Avila

as Delegado

Hamilton Borges Walê

as Baiano

Marku Ribas

as Pai de Brau

Alexandre Moreno

as Jorge

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