Film
Brazil
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
Overview
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
Cast
- Jonathan PryceSam Lowry
- Robert De NiroHarry Tuttle
- Katherine HelmondMrs. Ida Lowry
- Ian HolmMr. Kurtzmann
- Bob HoskinsSpoor
- Michael PalinJack Lint
- Ian RichardsonMr. Warrenn
- Peter VaughanMr. Helpmann
