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The Trial (2018)
Directed by Maria Ramos
Documentary · 2h 17m
The impeachment and removal from office of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in 2016 was triggered by a corruption scandal involving, among others, her then vice-president Michel Temer. Director Maria Augusta Ramos follows the trial against Rousseff from the point of view of her defence team. This is a courtroom drama that unfolds slowly: the appearances of the various parties gradually turn the proceedings into something akin to theatre. Inside the courtroom, grand emotions are played to full effect whilst, on the other side of the doors, lobbyists and supporters pace the corridors. Meanwhile, outside, in front of Brasília’s modernist government buildings, demonstrators are chanting like a Greek chorus. Only the main character, Rousseff herself, remains professional and aloof.
Cast
Dilma Rousseff
Gleisi Hoffmann
Lindbergh Farias
Janaína Paschoal
José Eduardo Cardozo
Eduardo Cunha
Roberto Requião
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Jean Wyllys
Aécio Neves
Chico Buarque
Jair Bolsonaro
Crew
- Director
- Maria Ramos
- Writer
- Maria Ramos
- Director of Photography
- Alan Schvarsberg, David Alves Mattos
- Editor
- Karen Akerman
- Producer
- Leonardo Mecchi
Details
- Original title
- O Processo
- Release date
- 2018-05-17
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese, French
- Countries
- Brazil
- Production
- Nofoco Filmes Produções Cinematográficas, Conijn Film, Autentika Films, Canal Brasil, Vitrine Filmes