Kafka and Cinema

Brazil

2 hr. 12 min. | Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Comedy | Pegi 13

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Sam Lowry, a low-level worker in a drab grey suit, lives in a totalitarian future and dreams of liberation. One day, he meets a woman who looks like a girl he rescues every night in a recurring dream. When Sam is assigned to find the culprit of a mistake that led to the death of the wrong man, he is thrown into the innermost depths of a confusing system. Inspired by the dystopias of Kafkaesque worlds, George Orwell and Aldous Huxley, Brazil is both the title of a timeless samba tune that runs throughout the film and a nightmarish vision of the future.

Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam, an American film and opera director, studied political science and worked as a magazine illustrator before making films. After moving to London, he formed the famous comedy group Monty Python. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. His subsequent films Brazil (1985) and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) were nominated for Oscars, while The Fisher King (1991) won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The premiere of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival further cemented Gilliam's reputation.
Languages
English
Subtitles
Lithuanian
Original title
Brazil
Produced
1985: United Kingdom, United States

Film information

Director
Terry Gilliam
Producers
Arnon Milchan
Screenplay
Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
Music
Michael Kamen
Cast
Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
More information
www.imdb.com

Screenings

Sunday, 10 November

15:30

Forum Cinemas Vingis · 9

Past screening

Friday, 15 November

20:30

Skalvija · Hall 1

Past screening

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