★★★★★ – Guardian. In 1977 Brazil, technology specialist Marcelo, fleeing a mysterious past, returns to Recife in search of peace, but realises the city is far from the refuge he seeks.

“★★★★★ – visually and dramatically superb in every way” – Guardian

“★★★★★ – an astonishing cinematic experience" – Empire

“★★★★★ – An intimate epic that always delivers the unexpected" – Little White Lies

“★★★★ – rivals a Hitchcock thriller” – Telegraph

Now nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actor, Kleber Mendonça Filho's new film is an unpredictable, shapeshifting thriller that also claimed the Best Director and Best Actor gongs at Cannes.

Brazil, 1977. Amid the revelry of Carnival, in the vibrant and violent city of Recife, a widowed technology researcher unwittingly finds himself on the run from mercenary killers in the turbulent political maelstrom of the military dictatorship. Aided by his compatriots in the country’s growing underground resistance, he must find a way to escape the country with his young son.