Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

What if you had no right to read?

1966113 min7.1 / 10

A cerebral, darkly atmospheric meditation on censorship and intellectual freedom, centered on one man's moral awakening within a totalitarian state.

In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…

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