Film

Marighella

Name: Marighella
Director: Wagner Moura
Released: 2021
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Seu Jorge, Adriana Esteves, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Bruno Gagliasso, Humberto Carrão

2021 · 155 min · ★ 7.7 · Dir. Wagner Moura

A searing and energized portrait of one of Brazil’s most divisive historical figures

Afro-Brazilian poet and politician, the legendary Carlos Marighella. Driven to fight against the erosion of civil and human rights following the CIA-backed military coup of 1964 and the brutal, racist right-wing dictatorship that followed, the revolutionary leaves behind his wife and son to take up arms, becoming a notorious enemy to the power structure.