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

Armando

Valentina Herszage

Vera

Floriano Peixoto

Henrique

Georgette Fadel

Maria

Higor Campagnaro

Soldier João

Javier Drolas

Father João

Bruce Gomlevsky

Major Damião

Virgínia Rosa

Mãe de Marialva

Rose Germano

Anita

Zé Wendell

Médico Militar

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