Brainstorm

(2001)

★ 7.9 IMDb · 240 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2001

Runtime: 84 мин

Country: Brazil

Director: Laís Bodanzky

Cast: Родриго Санторо, Отон Бастос, Cássia Kis, Dani Nefussi, Jairo Mattos, Altair Lima, Lineu Dias, Caco Ciocler, Gero Camilo, Marcos Cesana

Plot

Neto is a middle class teenager living a normal life. After his father finds a marijuana cigarette on his pocket, he is sent to a mental institution, where he gets to know a completely absurd and inhumane reality in which people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel system.

A trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs on his pocket. The marijuana cigarette is just the final drop that exposes the family tragedy. Send to a mental institution, Neto gets to know a completely absurd, inhumane reality in which the people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel institution system. The documentary type language used by the director give this movie a sensation of realty that increases even more the impact of the emotions Neto goes through. In the mental institution, Neto is forced to mature. The transformations that he goes through change this relations with his father.