Baptism of Blood


Baptism of Blood Portuguese Batismo de Sangue is a 2006 Brazilian film directed by Helvcio Ratton, based on Frei Bettos book of the same name. Starring Caio Blat and Daniel de Oliveira as Frei Tito and Betto respectively, it follows the Dominican friars resistance against Brazilian military dictatorship.

Ivo and Fernando go to Rio de Janeiro but are intercepted and tortured by officers who accuse them for betraying the Church and Brazil. The officers ask about the place where they receive calls from their leader, and eventually they reveal it. After intercepting a conversation, the police headed by Srgio Paranhos Fleury discover where Marighella will be and kill him. Meanwhile, Betto is captured in Rio Grande do Sul, and is arrested at the penitentiary Tiradentes in So Paulo along with the other friars.The friars are later judged and sentenced to four years of imprisonment. Tito is the only who is released in exchange for the Swiss ambassador in Brazil, Ehrenfried von Holleben, being exiled in France. He is psychologically shaken by the fact that he was tortured, and also because his attempt of suicide during the torture sessions was labeled as a coward act by Fleury. In 1974, he commits suicide in veux. ........

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