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No Ordinary Man

Sat, Nov 18, 2023
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Directed by Glauber Rocha

Eldorado, a fictitious country that not so subtly resembles Brazil, is buzzing with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this storm, a jaded journalist named Paulo opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudo populist and a conservative. Paulo finds himself torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses in this pillar of the Brazilian Cinema Novo movement from legendary director Glauber Rocha.

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