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.
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Dilma Rousseff as Self
Gleisi Hoffmann as Self
Lindbergh Farias as Self
Janaína Paschoal as Self
José Eduardo Cardozo as Self
Eduardo Cunha as Self
Roberto Requião as Self
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Self
Jean Wyllys as Self
Aécio Neves as Self
Chico Buarque as Self
Jair Bolsonaro as Self
Jandira Feghali as Self
Michel Temer as Self
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