The Ministry’s apathetic nature can appear more understandable considering it is a blatantly oppressive totalitarian government. However, the apathy expressed by the denizens of the setting of Brazil is more reflected by how everyone seems to comfortably conform to their own positions in society, ignoring the plight of their fellow citizens. A noteworthy example of this is early in the film where Sam and his mother are attending lunch at a fancy restaurant with friends when a bomb goes off in the kitchen, severely maiming various patrons behind them. As Jonathan Pryce, the actor who plays Sam put it during the making-of documentary for the film What is Brazil?: “you've got very wealthy people sitting eating at the restaurant, an explosion goes