Cinegogía

Marighella

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Title / Título (Original)

Marighella

Director

Release Date / Fecha de estreno

2019

Language / Idioma

Portuguese / portugués

Country / País

Production Company / Compañía de Producción

O2 Filmes (Brazil)
Globo Filmes (Brazil)

Description / Descripción

Beginning with a breathless, Robin Hood-style train robbery and ending with a highly provocative—and not for the faint of heart—final sequence, the directing debut from journalist, musician, and actor Wagner Moura (Elite Squad; Pablo Escobar in Narcos) is a searing and energized portrait of one of Brazil’s most divisive historical figures, Afro-Brazilian poet and politician Carlos Marighella (actor/singer Seu Jorge, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou). Driven to fight against the erosion of civil and human rights following the CIA-backed military coup of 1964 and the brutal right-wing dictatorship that followed, the revolutionary leaves behind his wife, Clara (Adriana Esteves), and son, Carlinhos, to take to the streets, authoring the highly influential Minimanual of the Urban Guerrilla,becoming a notorious enemy to the power structure, and being doggedly pursued by sadistic chief inspector Lucio (Bruno Gagliasso) before an untimely death in a dramatic police ambush in 1969. (Review by Hebe Tabachnik, Seattle International Film Festival, Film's Official Website)

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Citation

“Marighella,” Cinegogía, accessed December 9, 2024, https://cinegogia.omeka.net/items/show/755.