Rend Your Heart

Rend Your Heart

2018 · 115 min · ★ 7.1 · Drama

40 years after fighting for what he thought was new and revolutionary, a former anonymous militant against the now fallen Brazilian dictatorship is accused of being conservative, antiquated and anachronistic by his own son.

Directed by Jorge Furtado · Written by Ana Luíza Azevedo

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