“Brazil, 1977…a time of great mischief.” As Carnival unfolds, a man on the run (Wagner Moura) takes refuge among a motley assortment of dissidents, presided over by a chain-smoking, septuagenarian subversive. Sharks, cinemas, secret identities, a disembodied leg, and more swirl together in this kaleidoscopic, absorbing tale of community in a time of dictatorship, winner of the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language and submitted by Brazil for the Best International Feature Oscar.
Four Academy Award nominations:
