Special thanks to UNM Latin American and Iberian Institute!

BRAZIL, 1971 - Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government.

The film is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.

"A peerless example of using exacting form to not simply inform and enhance content, but to create a profound link between movie and moviegoer." - Nick Schager, The Daily Beast

"We have seen families depicted on screen countless times but the five youngsters who comprise the Paiva household inhabit their roles completely. Salles deliberately blurs the line between documentary and dramatization and creates an exceptional film." - Leonard Maltin, leonardmaltin.com