A Hora Marcada (2000)
Release Year: 2000
Nation: Brazil
Alternative Title: Dealing with Death
Director: Marcelo Taranto
Writer: Marcelo Taranto, Moisés Liporage
Production & Genre
Story
A strange woman predicts that Mário Velásquez, a very powerful unscrupulous banker, will die in seven years time. Coincidentally, he is kidnapped on the day forecast for his death.
Summary
Seven years prior, an enigmatic stranger foretold Mário Velásquez's demise, his fate sealed precisely seven years hence. Fatefully, on that very date, the ruthless banking magnate vanished without trace. Rumors whispered of kidnapping; others hinted at Velásquez orchestrating his own disappearance to avoid legal repercussions. As time passed, no demands were made, no ransom notes sent. Velásquez's empire crumbled in his absence, yet his legacy lingered like a dark specter over the city. Until one day, seven years later, an anonymous tip led police to a disused warehouse. There they found Velásquez, unharmed but aged beyond his time, murmuring incoherently about "the hour marked". His mysterious resurgence sparked more questions than answers, but one thing was certain: fate had played its hand, and the powerful banker's future was forever entwined with that eerie prediction.
