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Marighella

Brazil’s number one enemy

7.6(138)20212h 35m4

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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Status
Released
Budget
$1.8M
Box office
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Language
Portuguese
  • military dictatorship
  • fictional biography
  • brazilian military dictatorship

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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

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  • K

    KendraChihaya

    2/18/2019

    1/10

    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…

  • R

    r96sk

    1/10/2023

    8/10

    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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