Executive Order
(2022)
★ 6.9 IMDb · 120 votes
Year: 2022
Runtime: 94 мин
Country: Brazil
Director: Lázaro Ramos
Cast: Альфред Энох, Taís Araújo, Seu Jorge, Adriana Esteves, Renata Sorrah, Diva Guimarães, Hilton Cobra, William Russell, Emicida, Aldri Anunciação
Plot
In a dystopian future, the Brazilian government decrees a measure that forces black citizens to migrate to Africa in an attempt to return to their origins. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where they debate social and racial issues, and share the same yearning for the change of country.
Set in a dystopian near future in Rio de Janeiro, a lawyer sues the Brazilian government for reparation of all descendants of African slaves in the country. The authoritarian government responds by signing an executive order sending all black citizens to Africa as an excuse to repay the debts of slavery. Citizens are measured by their skin color, hunted, and exiled to Africa against their will. While the army and police enforce the law, he enlists his uncle to find his wife, a doctor who has gone missing and joins an underground movement. The three of them fight the madness that has taken over the country and spark a resistance that inspires the nation.