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The Beheading Game (2013)

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Original title
Jogo das Decapitações
Directed by
Sérgio Bianchi
Genre
drama film
Country
Brazil
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A graduate student researching Brazil's military dictatorship discovers his father's censored film from 1973. He meets a nihilistic young man who challenges his views on politics and resistance.

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What happens

Jogo das Decapitações é um filme brasileiro de drama dirigido por Sérgio Bianchi e lançado em 21 de outubro de 2013. Leandro (Fernando Alves Pinto) é filho de Jairo Mendes (Paulo César Pereio, quando velho, e João Velho, quando jovem), um cineasta marginal, e de uma Marília (Clarice Abujamra), uma ex-militante. Em seu mestrado, ele pesquisa sobre a ditadura militar no Brasil e acaba se deparando com a obra do pai, censurada em 1973. Paralelamente a isso, o personagem principal encontra Rafael (Silvio Guindane), um jovem niilista que muda sua perspectiva do contexto político.http://www.papodecinema.com.br/filmes/mostra-jogo-das-decapitacoeshttp://criticos.com.br/?p=5350http://cultura.estadao.com.br/blogs/luiz-zanin/o-cinema-black-bloc-de-jogo-das-decapitacoes/#http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2014/06/1472461-em-novo-filme-sergio-bianchi-critica-a-busca-pelas-indenizacoes-por-tortura.shtml (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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