The Messenger (2023)

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.

Release Date : Aug 14, 2023

Runtime : 1h 50m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : Taiga Filmes

Countries : Argentina, Brazil

Keywords : dictatorship, period piece, passing of time