Facing a violent military dictatorship and an intimidated opposition, writer-turned-politician Carlos Marighella articulates a resistance all the while ousting heinous crimes of torture and ... Read allFacing a violent military dictatorship and an intimidated opposition, writer-turned-politician Carlos Marighella articulates a resistance all the while ousting heinous crimes of torture and the infamous censorship instituted by the regime.Facing a violent military dictatorship and an intimidated opposition, writer-turned-politician Carlos Marighella articulates a resistance all the while ousting heinous crimes of torture and the infamous censorship instituted by the regime.
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- 25 wins & 29 nominations
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- TriviaThe film's IMDb score was at a very low 2.8 with tens of thousands of votes even before it's launch date, forcing IMDb to suspend voting of the movie for some time. Many news sites concluded that the movie had been down-voted on IMDb for political reasons. On August 2021, the film's IMDb score of 3.5 was still far below that of other sites, like the Rotten Tomatoes score at 88%.
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Carlos Marighella: This is Carlos Marighella. And this is my message to Brazilian people. The police accuses of being terrorists and criminals, but we are nothing more than revolutionaries fighting an armed fight against the current Brazilian military dictatorship and the North American imperialism. Our goals are the following: Bring down the military dictatorship. Undo all they have done since 1964. Build a revolutionary government elected by the people. Cast the Americans out of our country. Expropriate companies, goods, and properties from them and from their allies. Transform and improve living conditions for factory workers, farmers, and the middle class. Institue the freedom of press, of criticism and of association. End censorship. Remove Brazil's status as satellite for US international policy and make it an independent nation. The dictatorship accuses us of personal attacks and murders, but won't confess it killed Edson Souto, Marco Antônio Brás de Carvalho, Escoteiro, Nelson José de Almeida, among so many other patriots. And won't confess that it submits those they arrest to torture in the pau de arara, electric shocks among other methods that are worse than the Nazis. The means used by the Brazilian dictatorship to reprimend the people are barbaric and despicable. Utilized to defend the interests of the military in the power. No honorable man can accept the monstrosities committed by the regime formed by the military and its armed forces in our country. The National Liberation Action carries on fighting, and shall always do so. This year will the year of the rural guerrilla. The fight has already begun.
- Crazy creditsIn between the end credits, the group of actors who play the revolutionaries sings Brazil's national anthem.
- ConnectionsEdited into Marighella (2023)
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Performed by Chico Science & Nação Zumbi
Seu Jorge puts in a noteworthy performance throughout, all the more impressive given acting isn't his bread and butter. I also enjoyed Bruno Gagliasso in this, not his character of course but the actor's showing is good. The rest of the cast, e.g. Humberto Carrão and Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, merit praise too.
I can't say I knew anything about Carlos Marighella (surname did ring a slight bell beforehand, mind) or even much about this era of Brazil, which is something I actually prefer as I like to judge a film as a film and not having prior knowledge only helps that. Therefore, I wouldn't know how truthful this biopic is or isn't but I will say it doesn't hold much back - there are some very rough scenes scattered across the near 3hrs.
Speaking of the run time, I do think it's ever so slightly overlong - I was never pining for the finish or anything close to that, but there are a few moments where I felt the film could've sped itself up a bit. It's not a true criticism of mine, though.
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- 馬里蓋拉:革命先鋒
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- Former Banco de São Paulo, Praça Antônio Prado 9, São Paulo, SP, Brazil(bank robbery - interior scenes)
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- $4,000,000 (estimated)