Brazil
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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.

Comedy
Science Fiction

Why watch this

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.

Released February 20, 1985

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Language
en
Status
Released
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Seasons
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Top cast

The faces you are about to watch.

Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce

Sam Lowry

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

Harry Tuttle

Katherine Helmond

Katherine Helmond

Mrs. Ida Lowry

Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Mr. Kurtzmann

Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins

Spoor

Michael Palin

Michael Palin

Jack Lint

Ian Richardson

Ian Richardson

Mr. Warrenn

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

Mr. Helpmann

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