English title: Redeemer.
Synopsis: A journalist does a story on a bankrupt real-estate entrepreneur who was his childhood friend; he gets caught in a web of corruption whilst being assaulted by religious visions.
Appraisal: While it has a premise that is rooted on some Brazilian real events and addresses some of Brazil's chronic problems, it sadly opts for a silly approach instead of delving deeper into the interesting issues it deals with. It doesn't manage to be funny -- to be honest, I'm not sure it even strives for comicity -- and in fact I don't know what it accomplishes if anything. But here and there one stumbles upon an interesting idea, so I guess it's not a total waste.
Rating: 35
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