Brazil's Golden Globes Winner Confronts Dictatorship
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A new wave of Brazilian cinema is winning global awards and audiences. Analysts credit increased cultural funding, international partnerships, and a national reckoning with the country's authoritarian past.
The film "The Secret Agent" recently won two Golden Globes. It explores themes of dictatorship and paranoia. However, it uses a subtle approach, avoiding direct historical references.
France 24's correspondent in Rio de Janeiro, Jan Onoszko, provided this analysis. He says Brazil's "7th Art," or film industry, is experiencing a major resurgence.