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* TurbulentPriest: The main protagonists are two Dominican friars that participate in the resistance against the dictatorship. TruthInTelevision, since while the regime was very conservative, it had no problem persecuting members of the Church that spoke out against them.

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* ChummyCommunists: The priests side team up with an militant communist group that aims to take down the regime. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, because of their association they are considered traitors of the church when arrested]].
* ColdBloodTorture: The military is fond of this, with their most infamous torture method being the "macaw's perch", where the victim is suspended on a pole with the arms and knees tied to it causing severe joint and muscle pain.

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* ChummyCommunists: ChummyCommies: The priests side team up with an militant communist group that aims to take down the regime. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, because of their association they are considered traitors of the church when arrested]].
* ColdBloodTorture: ColdBloodedTorture: The military is fond of this, with their most infamous torture method being the "macaw's perch", where the victim is suspended on a pole with the arms and knees tied to it causing severe joint and muscle pain.
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[[caption-width-right:214:Baptism of Blood]]

''Batismo de Sangue'' (Baptism of Blood in English) is an 2007 Brazilian movie based on a biography of the same by Carlos Alberto Libânio Christo, also known as Friar Betto. It tells the story of his fellow colleague Friar Tito who tried to protest against the UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime and end up being persecuted by it.

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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:Tito manages to get released earlier from prison than his fellow priests... Except he ends up committing suicide at the end of the movie]].
* ChummyCommunists: The priests side team up with an militant communist group that aims to take down the regime. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, because of their association they are considered traitors of the church when arrested]].
* ColdBloodTorture: The military is fond of this, with their most infamous torture method being the "macaw's perch", where the victim is suspended on a pole with the arms and knees tied to it causing severe joint and muscle pain.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The heroes are arrested and sentenced to four years in jail though Tito is the only one to get released earlier. He is left so broken by the torture that he ends up hanging himself, while the regime will remain in power for the next years]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:The film ends with Tito hanging himself]].
* FanDisservice: The prisoners are stripped naked when tortured by the villains.
* ForegoneConclusion: Whatever happens in the story, Betto is guaranteed to survive just like in real life.
* TheHeavy: Sérgio Fleury is the primary antagonist of the movie due to being the government's enforcer and the direct threat to the protagonists, while his superiors and the [[PresidentEvil president]] at the time are the {{Greater Scope Villain}}s.
* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: Compare how the [[http://s2.glbimg.com/mva0TOQC8Afk4TT3kaOtKksYwOk=/smart/e.glbimg.com/og/ed/f/original/2015/03/04/k.jpg Friar Tito]] looked like in real life with the one from the movie.
* TurbulentPriest: The main protagonists are two Dominican friars that participate in the resistance against the dictatorship. TruthInTelevision, since while the regime was very conservative, it had no problem persecuting members of the Church that spoke out against them.

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