The Messenger (2024)

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Released:
2024-08-15

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.

Director:
Lúcia Murat

Runtime:
1h 50min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Shico Menegat
    as
    Armando
  • Valentina Herszage
    as
    Vera
  • Floriano Peixoto
    as
    Henrique
  • Georgette Fadel
    as
    Maria
  • Higor Campagnaro
    as
    Soldier João