The Messenger (2024)

5.0/10 • 110 min • Drama

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.

Cast

Shi Menegat

Valentina Herszage

Floriano Peixoto

Georgette Fadel

Higor Campagnaro

Javier Drolas

Bruce Gomlevsky

Virgínia Rosa

Mãe de Marialva

Rose Germano

Anita

Zé Wendell

Médico Militar

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