The Messenger

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Drama

Overview

Vera, imprisoned at a military fortress during the dictatorship, 1969, get to know a soldier, Armando, who, in the face of torture, decides to take messages from Vera to his family and establishes an affective relationship with D. Maria, Vera’s mother. Despite the horrors of the time, the film works on this possibility of a dialogue between two lonely and lost human beings: a high-middle-class lady and a young southerner of rural origin. Today, Vera, aged 70, is a professor at the university, and debates with her students about politics, forgiveness and Hannah Arendt.

Keywords

period piece
dictatorship
passing of time

Details

Status: Released
Release date: August 15, 2024
Original language: Portuguese
Spoken languages: PORTUGUESE
Countries: Argentina, Brazil
Production: Taiga Filmes
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt16375980