Tag: Brazil

  • BRAZIL

    BRAZIL

    Brazil (1985) is a dystopian science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Ian Holm, and Katherine Helmond. Known for its surrealist visuals, dark humor, and Orwellian themes, the film is a nightmarish yet satirical take on a bureaucratic, totalitarian society. In a bleak, retro-futuristic world dominated…

  • CIDADE DE DEUS aka CITY OF GOD

    CIDADE DE DEUS aka CITY OF GOD

    “City of God” (Cidade de Deus, 2002) is a powerful and raw crime drama directed by Fernando Meirelles and co-directed by Kátia Lund. The film is based on the 1997 novel by Paulo Lins and offers a gritty, unflinching look at life in one of Rio de Janeiro’s most notorious slums, the City of God,…