Lance Maior

Lance Maior

1968 · 90 min · ★ 4.9 · Drama

University student who works in a bank experiences a personal crisis: he is torn between his ambitions and the temptation to engage in the armed movement against the military dictatorship of the time, in Brazil. At the same time, his love life is also confusing: he is unable to choose between two girls: an apolitical rich one, whose main interest is her own sexual liberation; and a working girl with family problems.

Directed by Sylvio Back · Written by Sylvio Back

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