Dr. Gama

Original title: Doutor Gama

2021
1h 32m

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'Doutor Gama' is based on the life of Luiz Gama, one of the most important characters in Brazilian history. A black man who used the law and the courts to free over 500 slaves. Born a free m... Read all'Doutor Gama' is based on the life of Luiz Gama, one of the most important characters in Brazilian history. A black man who used the law and the courts to free over 500 slaves. Born a free man, Gama was sold as a slave at the age of 10 as payment for his father's debts. Even as a... Read all'Doutor Gama' is based on the life of Luiz Gama, one of the most important characters in Brazilian history. A black man who used the law and the courts to free over 500 slaves. Born a free man, Gama was sold as a slave at the age of 10 as payment for his father's debts. Even as a slave, he learned to read and write, studied and then gained his own freedom, becoming on... Read all

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7.2/10

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- 1 win & 6 nominations

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While in this movie Johnny Massaro and Higor Campagnaro they play the same character on different stages of life, in The First Fallen (2021) they play ex-lovers.

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8/10

A solid performance without steryotypes

The movie focus on the story of one the very few Brazilians that became a self taught lawyer in Brazil per republican days.

Going through his entire life cycle, the movie decided to focus on why Luis Gama became so important to the Brazilian history, highlighting most of the scenes around hallmark ideas that he explored and delivered o his trials instead of any personal issue or suffering he went through.

The capability to deliver the arguments that are based on the Brazilian constitution and not just a self victimism (which would have been entirely justified given that Brazil was still a slave state) is a very strong example of why Luis became an example for many other generations.

The film is short (around 80 minutes) and could have been longer. The actors perform well, but we don't have enough time to understand more of their characters. The whole movie delivers a strong professional role, which is the appropriate tone for a movie like this.

A must watch for everyone.