18 minutes of pure Brazilian tension — can you outrun your own revolution?
An ex-guerrilla fighter wants to leave and forget the past, but is blackmailed by an old friend, who threatens to turn him in. Pursued by the police, he is eventually arrested.
Acting
Ivan Setta's hunted desperation in every frame
Direction
Calil's suffocating close-ups that never let you breathe
Director
Carlos Augusto Calil
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Brazil's military dictatorship, this was underground cinema smuggled through metaphor — the 'devil's hour' refers to both witching hour and the dark period of state violence.
Calil shot this in stolen locations over three weekends; the police in the film are played by actual off-duty officers who didn't know the political subtext.
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