1982 · drama · political · thriller
Pra Frente, Brasil
Directed by Roberto Farias1h 45m1982
Mid-1970s. When the military regime's "economic miracle" and the victory of the Brazilian football team on the World Cup serve as a distraction for the persecution of opposition leaders by the political police of the dictatorship. Under this context, Jofre Godoi da Fonseca, an alienated middle-class man, is mistaken for Sarmento, a political activist he met at an airport prior to his assassination. He is then arrested for being "subversive".
Our read: Pra Frente, Brasil (1982) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · political · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme drama / political, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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