Brazil

Brazil

1985 · 143 min · EN · R · 7.7 (3,866 votes)
Dir. Terry Gilliam · Starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin · Music Michael Kamen

“It's only a state of mind.”

ComedyScience Fiction

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

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Immerse yourself in a visually dense, darkly comedic fever dream where oppressive bureaucracy clashes with the boundless human spirit. This film feels like a meticulously crafted, satirical nightmare, blending steampunk aesthetics with a surrealist sensibility. It's an anxious, yet often hilarious, journey through a system gone mad, punctuated by moments of pure, imaginative escapism.

dystopiansurrealdarkly comedicanxiousdreamlikesatiricalsteadyTerry Gilliam's visual maximalismsteampunk aestheticssurrealist dark comedypractical effects spectaclebureaucracy's absurdityescapismdystopian controlindividual freedomthe power of imagination
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