
The Beheading Game
2013, Portuguese. Directed by Sérgio Bianchi.
Leandro is a young man frustrated by his job. His master’s thesis is on the military dictatorship in Brazil. That takes him into a search for recently deceased artist Jairo Mendes’ controversial film The Beheading Game, which was censored by Brazilian censors in 1973.
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Portuguese
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- Released
- 30 September 2013
- Original title
- Jogo das Decapitações
- Country
- Brazil, Portugal
- Written by
- Sérgio Bianchi, Eduardo Benain, Aimar Labaki
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The Beheading Game runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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Which OTT platform is The Beheading Game on?
The Beheading Game isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 30 September 2013. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Beheading Game?
The Beheading Game (2013) was directed by Sérgio Bianchi and stars Fernando Alves Pinto, Maria Manoella, Clarisse Abujamra.