1977 – Brazil under military dictatorship. Our protagonist is a technology expert and former university researcher, who is on the run from his past, living under an alias. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting. A thematically rich and visually arresting political thriller from Kleber Mendonça Filho (Aquarius, Bacurau), who received the Best Director award at Cannes. Starring a magnetic Wagner Moura, who won the award for Best Actor at the same festival. The movie offers the last screen presence of the late, great Udo Kier. Brazil’s Official Submission to the 98th Academy Awards.