Pra Frente, Brasil
– The film is set on mid-1970, when the military regime's "economic miracle" and the victory of the Br..
The film is set on mid-1970, when the military regime's "economic miracle" and the victory of the Brazilian national football team on the FIFA World Cup serves 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 and brutally tortured by a paramilitary group of vigilantes sponsored by influential businessmen to hunt down people deemed "subversive" by the regime.
14 Feb 1983
Portuguese
Roberto Farias
Reginaldo Faria (story), Roberto Farias, Paulo Mendonça (story)
Reginaldo Faria, Carlos Zara, Antônio Fagundes, Natália do Vale
This movie is about one of the worst periods for the Brazilian people. Shows the days of military dictatorship when the Brazilian people against the government were put in jails, tortured, and some of them assassinated by the military and para-military people. At the same time, the same government censored the press and didn't allow anything but news about three times-champion soccer team. While the people made parties, etc for the soccer team, in the underground, people suffered all kinds of torture.
5 wins & 1 nomination.