Rachel Martin

Mendoza.

Can you just say it for me?

Right.

Your main character is living and running from this military dictatorship that has – as military dictatorships do, they've got a war on truth.

They're issuing propaganda left and right.

There's corruption rampant.

And your character is just trying to live a life and survive really.

But it's interesting.

You mentioned the 2019 movie that you did and that was very critical of the Brazilian government at the time.

That could have cowed you.

That could have – you could have –

Absorbed all that criticism coming from pretty high up in Brazil and separated yourself and said, I've learned my lesson.

I'm not going to touch that third rail anymore.

And instead you decided to lean in.

Was it an easy decision for you or was there a moment of pause like maybe this isn't how I'm going to make the most impact?

Which is, it comes through in the way that you play this character, Armando, because you see him...

Struggling to make sense of something that's not sensible.

The facts on the ground don't matter anymore.

As a viewer, you sort of see for him how words fail, ultimately.

Like, it's not going to make a difference.