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Throughout the film, there are hints of college students in current times researching Armando’s incident. These moments are mysterious at first because the film cuts from 1970s Brazil, to two students with laptops listening to tape recordings, but pays off immensely in the ending. The ending was questionable but admirably ties the story together, encapsulating the investigative nature of the neo-noir aesthetic, while also keeping the idea of active journalism in effect.
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