Time of Fear

Time of Fear
A poster with the film's international title: Time of Fear
Directed bySérgio Rezende
Written bySérgio Rezende
Patrícia Andrade
Produced byLaís Chamma
Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho
StarringAndréa Beltrão
Denise Weinberg
Lee Thalor
Bruno Perillo
Guilherme Sant'Anna
Chris Couto
CinematographyUli Burtin
Edited byMarcelo Moraes
Music byMiguel Briamonte
Production
companies
Toscana Audiovisual
Globo Filmes
Distributed byDowntown Filmes
Sony Pictures
Release date
  • October 2, 2009 (2009-10-02)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
BudgetR$9 million
Box officeR$2,644,26

Time of Fear (Portuguese: Salve Geral) is a 2009 Brazilian thriller film directed and written by Sérgio Rezende. It depicts the May 2006 riots perpetuated by the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) criminal organization in the state of São Paulo. The Ministry of Culture submitted it for consideration of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 82nd Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, but was not nominated. The Film won the Crystal Lens Award for Best Feature Film at the 2nd Brazilian Film Festival of London.