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Brazil (1985)

Brazil (1985)

Science Fiction Comedy

It's only a state of mind.

Release Date: 1985, February 20
Directors: Terry Gilliam
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Embassy International Pictures
Cast: John Flanagan, Terence Bayler, Derek Deadman, Ian Holm, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Robert De Niro, Jack Purvis, Don Henderson, Jonathan Pryce, Jim Broadbent, Derrick O'Connor, Katherine Helmond

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

dreams dystopia disturbed baffled ambiguous witty admiring audacious steampunk satire terrorism government dark comedy surrealism euphoric incredulous christmas technology irreverent bombing great britain office police state job promotion bureaucracy repairman preposterous