# Brazil (1985)

> A timid bureaucrat pursues love and impossible freedom through a grotesque retrofuturist maze of paperwork, surveillance, and authoritarian absurdity.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/41

## Facts

- Runtime: 143 min
- Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction
- Director: Terry Gilliam
- Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughan
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: witty, surreal, oppressive, cult movie night, science fiction marathon

## Synopsis

In a dystopian future, one man's dreams clash with a nightmarish bureaucracy.

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