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1985 • 2h 23min • R • Science Fiction, Comedy

Brazil

"It's only a state of mind."

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

IMDb 7.8

RT 98%

MC 84

Director

Terry Gilliam

Writer

Tom Stoppard

Composer

Michael Kamen

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Jonathan Pryce

Sam Lowry

Robert De Niro

Harry Tuttle

Katherine Helmond

Mrs. Ida Lowry

Ian Holm

Mr. Kurtzmann

Bob Hoskins

Spoor

Michael Palin

Jack Lint

Ian Richardson

Mr. Warrenn

Peter Vaughan

Mr. Helpmann

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Jonathan Pryce Sam Lowry

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Katherine Helmond Mrs. Ida Lowry

Ian Holm Mr. Kurtzmann

Bob Hoskins Spoor

Michael Palin Jack Lint

Ian Richardson Mr. Warrenn

Peter Vaughan Mr. Helpmann

Kim Greist Jill Layton

Jim Broadbent Dr. Jaffe

Barbara Hicks Mrs. Alma Terrain

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Derrick O'Connor Dowser

Kathryn Pogson Shirley

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