Furia (1999)
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Stanislas Merhar, Marion Cotillard, Wadeck Stanczak, Pierre Vaneck, Carlo Brandt, Laura del Sol
In a police dictatorship where free expression is punishable, a rebellious young man risks arrest and death to draw on the walls.
The story
In a dystopian near future, a police dictatorship has suppressed freedom of expression and made it punishable. After thirteen years of fighting, the authorities have restored order, and individual freedoms are controlled in the name of peace, though isolated people still defy them. Twenty-year-old Théo rejects this state of affairs, drawing on walls each night despite the risk of arrest and death. He meets Freddy and Elia, the daughter of a resistance fighter who shares his passion for subversive drawing. Théo and Elia grow closer during their nighttime escapades.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In a dystopian near future, in a country under a police dictatorship, freedom of expression has been suppressed. It has become punishable. After thirteen years of fighting, the authorities have finally restored order. The resistance seems to have been neutralized. All individual freedoms are now controlled in the name of maintaining peace. Yet isolated people still defy the authorities throughout the country. Twenty-year-old Théo refuses to accept this state of affairs and expresses his rebellion every night by drawing on walls, risking arrest and death. One evening, he meets Freddy, but especially Elia, the daughter of a resistance fighter who, like him, is passionate about subversive drawing. Their romance grows stronger during their nighttime escapades, until the day Elia is arrested.
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