guisreis Review of O Pastor e o Guerrilheiro

O Pastor e o Guerrilheiro (2023)

From military dictatorship to year 2000, well done

[8/10 · 18 September 2023]

Increasingly good movie in which dire military dictatorship between 1972 and 1974, with torture, stupidity, cruelty (and dreams of the youth) is interwined with events and dreams in Brazilian society in 1999 in Brazil. It is a movie about military state terrorism, about juvenile activists who dared risk their lives and health for a dream, but also about memory, about making the correct choices, accepting the consequence when does not make them, pardoning and forgiving. No one may be responsible for the wrongdoing of someone else, but knowing what to do when facing it matters. It still matters when time goes by, choices are still up to be made. The script is sensistive and meaningful, acting is skilled and particularly César Mello has a remarkable performance, the torture scenes are harsh. It is hard not to feel yourself in the place of Miguel in jail, and of Juliana in New Year party.