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Zé

2023Movie2 h 3 min

69
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IMDb7.2Letterboxd3.4/5
69
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.2Letterboxd3.4/5

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Brazil 1970. Zé walks away from his upper-middle-class life and joins the resistance against the military regime. Together with his partner Bete, he abandons public life to fight the system, while also raising two kids. Based on the life of José Carlos Novais da Mata-Machado who died under torture at the age of 27, falsely accused of betraying his companions.

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Long Listin 283 titlesThe ending crawl gives one for stuff the junta banned: peace movements, strikes, labor unions, long hair on men, The Beatles, other modern and popular music ("la musique populaire"), Sophocles, Leo T…Ripped from the Headlinesin 1,405 titlesThe movie is based on the 1963 assassination of left-wing politician Gregoris Lambrakis, which played a part in destabilizing Greece and allowing the military coup of 1967.All 51 tropes

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