Screening Date: 4 June 2026
Screening Time: 7 pm
Release Date: 2025
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Country of Origin: Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany
Genre: Thriller/Crime
Running Time: 2h 40m
Rating: MA 15+
Language: In Portuguese
Set in the 1970s, this film follows a former professor caught in the political turmoil in the midst of the Brazilian military dictatorship, attempting to flee persecution and resist an authoritarian regime.
“Kleber Mendonça Filho’s study of a man attempting to escape corrupt politics is a tremendous, novelistic study of corruption in high and low places.” – 5 Stars. The Guardian
2025 Cannes Film Festival: the festival’s most awarded film, Best Actor, the Best Director, the Art House Cinema Award and the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film.
