

Marighella
Brazil’s number one enemy
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.
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7.6/10
138 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.8M
- Box office
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- Language
- Portuguese
- military dictatorship
- fictional biography
- brazilian military dictatorship
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Produced in
Brazil
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- PremiereInternational Film Festival of India26 Nov 2019
United StatesUS
- PremiereSeattle International Film Festival5 Jun 2019
AustraliaAU
- PremiereSydney Film Festival9 Jun 2019
BrazilBR
- Theatrical164 Nov 2021
- Premiere168º edição da Mostra de Cinema de Gostoso28 Nov 2021
ChileCL
- PremiereSantiago International Film Festival18 Aug 2019
FranceFR
- PremiereParis Brazilian Film Festival16 Apr 2019
GermanyDE
- PremiereBerlin International Film Festival (Out of Competition)15 Feb 2019
Hong KongHK
- PremiereHong Kong International Film Festival23 Mar 2019
ItalyIT
- PremiereBari International Film Festival27 Apr 2019
PolandPL
- PremiereTwo Riversides Film and Art Festival1 Aug 2019
PortugalPT
- PremiereLisbon & Sintra Film Festival17 Nov 2019
- TheatricalM/1420 May 2021
TaiwanTW
- Theatrical29 Jan 2021
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Marighella was released on 29 January 2021.
Audience reviews
2- K1/10
KendraChihaya
2/18/2019
The film is a free adaptation to fiction of the life of one of the worst communist guerrillas that ever lived in Brazil. It can not be considered a biographical film, much less a documentary, since many situations and scenes were created by the film director, niece of the terrorist, to substantiate the character's "hero" thesis. No matter how clear the interest in humanizing Marighella, trying to turn it into myth…
- R8/10
r96sk
1/10/2023
A tad slower than I would've liked, though <em>'Marighella'</em> is still very good. Seu Jorge puts in a noteworthy performance throughout, all the more impressive given acting isn't his bread and butter. I also enjoyed Bruno Gagliasso in this, not his character of course but the actor's showing is good. The rest of the cast, e.g. Humberto Carrão and Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, merit praise too. I can't say I knew…
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