Assalto ao Banco Central Filming Locations
Where was Assalto ao Banco Central filmed? Assalto ao Banco Central was filmed in 3 locations across Brazil in the following places:
Assalto ao Banco Central Filming Locations
Ceará, a state in northeastern Brazil, has a mountainous interior and an Atlantic coastline lined with dramatic red cliffs. The beach resort of Canoa Quebrada features huge pink sand dunes and Rua Dragão do Mar, a lively street also known as Broadway. The isolated town of Jericoacoara, surrounded by dune-filled Jericoacoara National Park, is famous for its sandy streets, windsurfing and unusual green-tinged sunsets.
Rio de Janeiro is a huge seaside city in Brazil, famed for its Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, 38m Christ the Redeemer statue atop Mount Corcovado and for Sugarloaf Mountain, a granite peak with cable cars to its summit. The city is also known for its sprawling favelas (shanty towns). Its raucous Carnaval festival, featuring parade floats, flamboyant costumes and samba dancers, is considered the world’s largest.
Assalto ao Banco Central (2011)
In 2005, high-ranked criminal Barão is planning the heist that inspired the film. He needs to dig a tunnel linking a house to the Banco Central's vault in Fortaleza, where he'll steal millions of (R$) reais.