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Brazil
“It's only a state of mind.”
7.7 / 10• 1985• 2h 23m•R• English
ComedyScience Fiction
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Jonathan Pryce
Sam Lowry
Lead
Robert De Niro
Harry Tuttle
Katherine Helmond
Mrs. Ida Lowry
Ian Holm
Mr. Kurtzmann
Bob Hoskins
Spoor
Michael Palin
Jack Lint
Ian Richardson
Mr. Warrenn
Peter Vaughan
Mr. Helpmann
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Terry Gilliam's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Brazil is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
