Brainstorm

Brainstorm

this trip may have no return

200184 min7.9 / 10

A harrowing institutional critique that traps an innocent teenager in a corrupt, dehumanizing system, exploring the machinery of injustice with urgency and moral weight.

Neto is a middle class teenager living a normal life. After his father finds a marijuana cigarette on his pocket, he is sent to a mental institution, where he gets to know a completely absurd and inhumane reality in which people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel system.

Essence

Ensemble

Closest match

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same mood

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Something gentler

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Hidden gem

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.