Mid-1970s. When the military regime's "economic miracle" and the victory of the Brazilian football team on the World Cup serve as a distraction for the persecution of opposition leaders by the political police of the dictatorship. Under this context, Jofre Godoi da Fonseca, an alienated middle-class man, is mistaken for Sarmento, a political activist he met at an airport prior to his assassination. He is then arrested for being "subversive".
Acting
Reginaldo Faria's descent from smug to shattered
Direction
Farias weaponizes football euphoria as counterpoint
Writing
The banality of evil in police station paperwork
Director
Roberto Farias
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Brazil's gradual redemocratization, the film weaponized the nation's sacred football mythology against the military regime itself.
The real 'economic miracle' was propaganda: GDP growth masked exploding inequality and disappearances. The film's title is pure sarcasm.
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