The Messenger

Aug 15, 2024

1h 50m

★ 5.0

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Taiga Filmes

The Messenger Trailers

Cast

Armando

Shico Menegat

Vera

Valentina Herszage

Henrique

Floriano Peixoto

Maria

Georgette Fadel

Soldier João

Higor Campagnaro

Father João

Javier Drolas

Marialva

Beatriz Barros

Soldier Fabio

Eduardo Speroni

Major Damião

Bruce Gomlevsky

Mãe de Marialva

Virgínia Rosa

Anita

Rose Germano

Guerrilheiro morto

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