The Messenger

August. 15,2024      
Rating:
5.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Georgette Fadel as  Maria
Valentina Herszage as  Vera
Shico Menegat as  Armando
Floriano Peixoto as  Henrique
Javier Drolas as  Father João
Higor Campagnaro as  Soldier João
Bruce Gomlevsky as  Major Damião
Eduardo Speroni as  Soldier Fabio
Rose Germano as  Anita

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