Cast : Wagner MOURA, Maria Fernanda CANDIDO, Gabriel LEONE
drama. thriller / Brazil, France / status : in post-production / Portuguese / long feature-film / International collections
Kleber Mendonça Filho (Bacurau – Cannes Jury Prize, Aquarius – Cannes Competition) brings us a gripping political thriller set in the late seventies during the final years of Brazil’s military regime starring Narcos’ Wagner Moura.
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. He arrives in Recife during carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son but soon realizes that the city is far from being the non violent refuge he seeks.