Althought it is a quite well done film, I am still waiting for the promissed sequel showing the investigation and arrest of politics from different political parties.
But this is never going to happen because like Lava Jato (car wash operation), this film was made by anonimous producers to demonize and destroy just the left parties of Brazil as if there werent right wing politicians involved in corruption (Aécio Neves, Michel Temer and now Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the actual president)
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It is not propaganda it is a wonderful movie about the worst political and financial scandal of Brazil
agostino-dallas10 September 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Movies involving political facts will always cause some division. This one is no exception. The Labor's Party, known in Brazil as "P.T." will desperately claim this is propaganda and so will its supporters. That is very simple to argue: if this movie was a lie or propaganda, Brazil would still be living the recent and flash in the pan golden years, but it is actually in the 3rd year of a unprecedented crisis which only now -- and by now I really mean like a August 2017 -- is slowly moving. The scheme was such that it is very hard to find today someone or some party not involved. The nation is divided because the Labor's Party refuse to recognize it failed big time. Just have a look at some international magazines between 2010 and 2014 and you will see, in facts, not propaganda, how the country went from heaven to hell. The economy was not growing strong, it was totally window-dressed to show something it was not. It was artificially made and the money source ran dry at the moment the scandals were seriously investigated. It is only a matter of time until the big liar's mask falls completely. He was already snitched by his old-time friend and that is only the beginning. Brazilian people deserves much better than this but it is also their job to vote correctly next time. Otherwise, Brazil will soon become a country just like Venezuela!! Very soon!
Not good even for a soap opera
veteranoinca8 March 2019
Movie producers wants money, ok, we got it. That's business. So, to make a film about a corruption investigation seems legit. Pitty that this movie is totally biased. Surely it helped in the current society polarization in Brazil. Hypocritical as it can get.
Excellent movie!!!
nightppp9 September 2017
Best Brazilian Movie!!! Good actors. Good direction. Initially a money laundering investigation, it has expanded to cover allegations of corruption at the state-controlled oil company Petrobras, where executives allegedly accepted bribes in return for awarding contracts to construction firms at inflated prices. This criminal "system" is known as "Petrolão— Operation Car Wash"
Amazing history
kleberramosmarques11 September 2017
In the movie there is not a single politician described with compliments, so there's no meaning to classify the movie as a one sided politic. in fact, There's a real description of the politicians in Brazil nowadays: there are few reliable. The former president Lula has a main role in the movie because it is exactly what is happening in car wash operation (he is the first former president condemned by law in Brazilian history). The facts look like fiction but they are true, the history is amazing.
lopsided, one-dimensional piece of propaganda
armin19808 September 2017
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This movie covers real-life events of the so-called Car-Wash operation, the largest corruption scandal and investigation taken place in Brazil's history. While it has certainly been an event worthy of being portrayed as a motion picture, there are two big problems with the premise of this movie:
The lopsidedness is not just a matter of whose perspective the plot is told from (which is obviously that of the "good guys" from the Federal Police). The problem is that the movie actively manipulates or omits facts, as an attempt to solidify the confirmation bias of its target audience (the right-wing Brazilian middle class). It also attempts to manipulate the perception of what really took place by those with little to no knowledge of the actual events.
There is a very complicated backstory, not only to the real-life Car Wash operation, but to the making of the movie itself, whose investors decided to remain anonymous. For example, actors had illegal access to classified information and to official police equipment for the purpose of "researching" for the movie. Is there any mention of the politically-charged statements and attacks on the "villain" character, which many of the portrayed police officers and prosecutors had made over time, even before the operation took place? Not at all, and that omission is intentional. Would it be relevant, had this operation taken place in the US, to let the audience know that a prosecutor indicting a Democrat politician is a heavy partisan of the Republican party? Not to the makers of this movie.
I am no fan of the main "villain" character, who happens to be a former President of Brazil and had a spectacular fall from grace, from his 80%+ approval rating right after leaving office, to being indicted and sentenced as part of the Car Wash operation.
The main sin of this movie is to pretend that a good fight against corruption, and not ruthless political warfare, was the biggest motivator of the actions by the portrayed "heroes".
Having witnessed over the last two years the relentless and scornful political machinations by part of the press, politicians, members of the police and judiciary in Brazil, into what amounts to one giant lawfare-tactics operation, it only makes one nervously laugh at the idea that "No One Is Above the Law" in Brazil of 2017.
- the operation is *still* under way, with recent developments completely invalidating and making a mockery of its title and tag-line (i.e., the premise that "No One Is Above the Law");
- the narrative is politicized and one-sided, through intentional omission and lack of depth;
The lopsidedness is not just a matter of whose perspective the plot is told from (which is obviously that of the "good guys" from the Federal Police). The problem is that the movie actively manipulates or omits facts, as an attempt to solidify the confirmation bias of its target audience (the right-wing Brazilian middle class). It also attempts to manipulate the perception of what really took place by those with little to no knowledge of the actual events.
There is a very complicated backstory, not only to the real-life Car Wash operation, but to the making of the movie itself, whose investors decided to remain anonymous. For example, actors had illegal access to classified information and to official police equipment for the purpose of "researching" for the movie. Is there any mention of the politically-charged statements and attacks on the "villain" character, which many of the portrayed police officers and prosecutors had made over time, even before the operation took place? Not at all, and that omission is intentional. Would it be relevant, had this operation taken place in the US, to let the audience know that a prosecutor indicting a Democrat politician is a heavy partisan of the Republican party? Not to the makers of this movie.
I am no fan of the main "villain" character, who happens to be a former President of Brazil and had a spectacular fall from grace, from his 80%+ approval rating right after leaving office, to being indicted and sentenced as part of the Car Wash operation.
The main sin of this movie is to pretend that a good fight against corruption, and not ruthless political warfare, was the biggest motivator of the actions by the portrayed "heroes".
Having witnessed over the last two years the relentless and scornful political machinations by part of the press, politicians, members of the police and judiciary in Brazil, into what amounts to one giant lawfare-tactics operation, it only makes one nervously laugh at the idea that "No One Is Above the Law" in Brazil of 2017.
Excellent movie - great action and performance
avieiral-397029 September 2017
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The movie is excellent. It has great action scenes. It explains how corruption have always been present in Brazilian Governments and explains in a thrilling way how the Federal police of Brasil got to discover and arrest the greatest gang of business criminals that ever existed in Brasil.
If you want to understand how the police caught powerful criminals in Brasil, watch this movie.
If you want to understand how the police caught powerful criminals in Brasil, watch this movie.
A Manichaean view of car-wash operation
ckoliver19 October 2017
The film is extremely Manichaean. There is no middle ground: there are the good ones and there are the bad ones. The film shows an idyllic vision of the car-wash operation, without addressing controversial aspects of this operation, such as the selective disclosure of wiretapping carried out by the public prosecutor office and the federal police, wiretapping of conversations between attorneys and clients, and the protection of the Judge Moro to people and politicians linked to the PSDB political party.
Pure entertainment
JoseGuertzenstein11 September 2017
The movie is, above all, an excellent police thriller. Well produced and have an excellent photography. In addition to these technical stuff, the story told elucidates the backstage of the world's largest anti-corruption operation. Operation Car Wash. In short, it's a good movie for those looking for a criminal investigation story, and also for those who want to know how this whole police operation started.
Trash!
rmoraesrodrigues25 February 2018
Greatest movie ever make in Brazil. Must watch!!!
tony-748778 September 2017
If you wanna understand Brazil greatest campaign against corruption, you must watch this epic movie. It smells Oscar :-) I hope the members of Academy grant the Oscar of Best Motion Picture (yes, the top one) to this masterpiece. Heads up: Brazilian cinematographic industry is filled with communists. Be carefull reading the reviews/critics.
Propaganda to misrepresent people and political parties from Brazil
edugularte26 October 2017
The film does not promote a healthy discussion about Brazilian politics, delivering a material that is so inconsistent with the public, based on untruths and full of bias, distorting reality to the point to turn judges and prosecutors into saviors of the homeland, when in fact, they come to practice irregularities, lawfares and abusive acts contrary to the law of this nation. All this to justify a mere political persecution, and in the end, they are even benefiting the real corrupt ones who took over the country.
A beam of hope
pjmo9 September 2017
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Don't be deceived. All reviwers so far are militants from Partido dos Trabalhadores and other left wing groups, unions, etc. Specifically instructed to discredit this movie, which is a bold slap in their faces. They are the scum of Brazilian society and lying is their business. That having being said, THE MOVIE IS EXCELLENT!!! I am not involved with politics, government, schemes or anything that would make me partial. I am just one of those tens of millions of ordinary Brazilians who peacefully crowded the streets in yellow and green to protest against this fraudulent regime that threatened to destroy our nation, while growing obscenely rich themselves. Apart from that, this is the best Brazilian movie I've ever watched, well made, realistic and beautiful. I was greatly surprised by the courage of the band of people who produced this movie.
Terrible
gdcarvalho18 January 2018
Excelente
kinbiomec13 September 2017
This films tells a history about a political party that tried to perpetuate in the power, and to install a left dictatorship in Latin America. Shows how Lula was a great liar, false, robber and leader of the political corruption. Shows the great work of the Federal Police. This was the greatest corruption case in history.
Political Propaganda
joaopedrogs10 June 2019
With the recent accusations above Moro and the prossecutors of the Car Wash Operation, every single fact shown in this movie is proven to be a lie. This is an utter mess, a sad piece of propaganda, that is going to rot even more when history reveals it's true villains. The good guys in this movie, are in real life incompetent judges and prosecutors that forgot that any trial should be unbiased. They are arresting someone not based on truth, but based on their political view.
Federal Police is the US FBI
maralvimmm24 January 2018
It premiered on September 7, 2017, a civic date in Brazil, a movie that is going to be a shiver, because it deals with almost our present historical moment. Let's see how it all started, these movies are a waste of time, I want to see, it will be a civic moment, where we will see Brazil being discovered in all the political antics that have made us the current ones and by the balance of the actions of the last political leaders of the parents.
I have seen the FLAME REAL PLAN, which will tell our story from a little before and I was amazed to see how difficult it was to get out of a bad situation and improve. This is more recent, it will be exciting!
This movie is to understand the cleaning process that we had to go through. The movie worth highlights has great actors and was made with the accompaniment of the federal police, they are real facts indeed!
I hope everyone can go see this movie, which will play, I'm sure each one and see our story on the big screen is something that touches us deeply!
I have seen the FLAME REAL PLAN, which will tell our story from a little before and I was amazed to see how difficult it was to get out of a bad situation and improve. This is more recent, it will be exciting!
This movie is to understand the cleaning process that we had to go through. The movie worth highlights has great actors and was made with the accompaniment of the federal police, they are real facts indeed!
I hope everyone can go see this movie, which will play, I'm sure each one and see our story on the big screen is something that touches us deeply!
The worst of all Brazilian movies
Freethinker_Atheist8 September 2017
I have watched thousands of movies and this one must be the worst of them all.
On average, acting is awful, and since it was made exclusively to please those Brazilians who believe in "saviors of the homeland" (salvadores da pátria), it is very unilateral and therefore boring as hell.
Only for people who like cheap soap operas.
On average, acting is awful, and since it was made exclusively to please those Brazilians who believe in "saviors of the homeland" (salvadores da pátria), it is very unilateral and therefore boring as hell.
Only for people who like cheap soap operas.
curious fate for a trilogy
romuloff3 February 2021
How intriguing that this was supposed to be a trilogy since the beginning, and "surprisingly" the next 2 sequences were "canceled"?!?
That's how politics is involved and influences everything, and bury any kind of material that could make the citizens question the corrupted and broke system.
Best movie!!!
silviavidalscavone13 September 2017
Excellent! Very good to see a quality film, with interesting content, well-assembled plot that holds us attention, after a line 'B' movies, pseudo art films that have been produced in Brazil, which please only an ideological minority. Operation Lava Jet is the hope of many Brazilians, the country lives high expectations of getting rid of systemic corruption. Judge Sérgio Moro, became a national hero.
Excellent and inspiring film
blrnani13 September 2018
In the early 90s Brazil introduced the Real Plan, which brought much needed financial and economic stability to the country. For the first time in decades Brazilians were able to make long-term plans, so essential to building a successful future. That story is told in the film "Real: O Plano Por Trás Da História"
And now we have an even better film that shows the even more important change that is taking place in the country, by giving the people a sense of justice - that nobody is above the law.
It is a process that is still evolving, hence the need to protect the individuals involved, and is encountering resistance from a PT appointed Supreme Court that is systematically releasing many of the corrupt politicians who have been convicted and sentenced to prison terms under the Car Wash Operation.
Watch this film to understand this vital process in the development of a country that has all the ingredients to be a success on the world stage - bar this essential building block of rule of law. Let us hope and pray that the story will have a happy ending! The Brazilian people are counting on it and will hopefully vote accordingly in October.
Political Propaganda? More of An Inconvenient Truth for the far-left.
lucashcpp5 March 2018
People that trash-talk this movie for its content is in full denial of the history behind one of the largest operations against corruption in the history of mankind. Saying the movie spread lies contradicts with the situation we are currently experiencing in Brazil: a bankrupt Estate where nothing works properly and social programs are vote-grabbers during elections: if the politicians depicted were so autruistic people wouldn't die agonizing in some public hospitals because of the lack of pain killers while they buy luxury cars with public money.
Context aside, the movie is fast paced, so it helps if you have some basic knowleadge of the events it depicts, but its not entirely necessary. The actors did a good job and the camera work is top notch when compared to other Brazilian movies. Its a refreshing take on the current events since the media is so keen on hiding the truth, victimizing the actual villains and demonizing the police.
Context aside, the movie is fast paced, so it helps if you have some basic knowleadge of the events it depicts, but its not entirely necessary. The actors did a good job and the camera work is top notch when compared to other Brazilian movies. Its a refreshing take on the current events since the media is so keen on hiding the truth, victimizing the actual villains and demonizing the police.
And i am watching this
marcoasleitao-905-48075313 September 2020
Were it fictional, could be a little better, but as i know, the Carwash Operation is not finished and probably will make no difference whatsoever because the power that lays on the hand of the evil. A very nice picture, though, to see how it really happened.
A Revealing Movie
vitorandrejp25 October 2022
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A great and revealing movie. It shows every step of the Carwash operation (one of the most relevant Anticorruption Operations in the world), ending up with the former Brazilian President appointed as the main responsible for the crimes.
I was startled to see that almost 20% of reviews are rated "1" and even more surprised to see the comments saying that the story plot was biased.
Perhaps the truth annoys the former President's army of blind people who think he is a God.
It is a great movie, really worth to watch, to fully understand what is effectively happening in Brazil in the last years.
I was startled to see that almost 20% of reviews are rated "1" and even more surprised to see the comments saying that the story plot was biased.
Perhaps the truth annoys the former President's army of blind people who think he is a God.
It is a great movie, really worth to watch, to fully understand what is effectively happening in Brazil in the last years.
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