According to the director, spectators in the US said they see similarities between the film’s plot and the current political situation in the country
Walter Salles, director of “which won the category of best international film in the Oscar on Sunday (2.mar.2025), commented, in conversation with journalists, about the “Fragile of democracy”.
“We are living something I didn’t expect to see anytime soon. It is a process of growing fragile of democracy that is accelerating more and more. The only thing I can attest is how much the movie, which talks about a military dictatorship, became so close to those who saw it ”, Said in Los Angeles, on Monday (3.mar).
The director also said that several people in the United States said they recognized similarities between the portrayed plot and the current political situation in the country. “And I would say it’s not just here. In a way, this echoes the authoritarian danger that today is ranks worldwide ”added Salles.
The interview was conducted in conjunction with Fernanda Torres, nominated in the category of best actress, and Selton Mello, who played the engineer and former deputy Rubens Paiva in the feature. Walter Salles also pointed out the importance of art and journalism in this type of political scenario.
“We are living a moment of extreme cruelty, the practice of cruelty as a form of exercise of power. At a time like this, investigative journalism, literature, music, cinema, all forms of expression become fundamental to combat it, to make a democratic polyphony amid something that becomes increasingly an authoritarian funnel ”it pointed out.
