Jean Charles (film)

Jean Charles is a 2009 British-Brazilian feature film depicting the true story of Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazilian electrician wrongly shot dead by the Metropolitan Police at Stockwell tube station in London on 22 July 2005, after being mistaken for a suicide bomber.^[1]

Jean Charles
Directed by	Henrique Goldman
Written by	Henrique Goldman Marcelo Starobinas
Produced by	Henrique Goldman Luke Schiller Carlos Nader Stephen Frears (Executive) Rebecca O'Brien (Executive)
Starring	Selton Mello Vanessa Giácomo
Cinematography	Guillermo Escalon
Edited by	Kerry Kohler
Music by	Nitin Sawhney
Production companies	UK Film Council Mango Films
Distributed by	Imagem Filmes (Brazil)
Release date	26 June 2009 (2009-06-26) (Brazil)
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom Brazil
Languages	English Portuguese

The film was directed by Henrique Goldman and received its international premiere at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. Selton Mello stars as Jean Charles with many of the other roles played by the actual friends and family of Jean Charles de Menezes. Award-winning director Stephen Frears was an executive producer for the film.^[2]

Cast

• Selton Mello as Jean Charles
• Vanessa Giácomo as Vivian
• Marek Oravec as Iatzek
• Luís Miranda as Alex
• Patricia Armani as Patricia
• Maurício Varlotta as Maurício
• Sidney Magal as himself
• Daniel de Oliveira as Marcelo
• Marcelo Soares as Chuliquinha
• Rogério Dionísio as Bisley
• Julian Harries as English Man
• Denise Stephenson as Female Police Liaison Officer
• Christopher Pencakowski as Male Police Liaison Officer

Reception

Allan Hunter praised Mello's performance.^[3]

See also

• Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes