Based on the book, O que é isso, companheiro?, by Fernando Gabeira.
Editor, Isabelle Rathery ; music, Stewart Copeland ; director of photography, Félix Monti.
In Portuguese or dubbed French ; optional English subtitles ; optional English closed-captions for the hearing impaired ; main opening and closing titles, and disc menu, are in English.
Academy Award nomination, Best Foreign Language Film, 1997.