Ismael Machado
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On the eve of CĂrio de NazarĂ©, one of the largest Catholic festivities in the world, four prisoners - two men and two women - await a pardon specially granted to those who wish to accompany the procession of Nossa Senhora de NazarĂ©, patron saint of the city of BelĂ©m do Pará While making plans for the four days of freedom that pardons guarantee, they revisit their past and reflect on topics such as justice, family and faith.
Nazinha, Pray for Us

During the period of military dictatorship in Brazil, a group of low-ranking soldiers were sent to the AmazĂ´nia in order to exterminate the so-called Guerrilha do Araguaia, an armed struggle movement that was against the dictatorship. After forty years, the survivors of this mission report their combat experiences for the first time.