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Lance Maior

1968 · 90 min

A restless, thoughtful character study that captures the unease of a young man pulled between desire, duty and political danger.

Overview
University student who works in a bank experiences a personal crisis: he is torn between his ambitions and the temptation to engage in the armed movement against the military dictatorship of the time, in Brazil. At the same time, his love life is also confusing: he is unable to choose between two girls: an apolitical rich one, whose main interest is her own sexual liberation; and a working girl with family problems.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • politics
    • identity
    • love
    • ambition
    • betrayal
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance5
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Sylvio Back
    Written by
    Sylvio Back
    Starring
    Reginaldo Faria, Regina Duarte, Irene Stefânia, Isabel Ribeiro, Lota Moucada, Roberto Murtinho, Ileana Kwasinski, Sérgio Bianchi
    Music
    Carlos Castilho
    Runtime
    90 min
    Country
    Brazil
    Languages
    Portuguese

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