The Messenger

Drama · 2023

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.

Starring

Lúcia Murat, Georgette Fadel, Valentina Herszage, Lúcia Murat, Shico Menegat, Lúcia Murat, Mair Tavares, Floriano Peixoto, Javier Drolas, Tunico Amâncio

Director

Lúcia Murat