The Trial
The Trial

The Trial

7.5

2 hr 17 min

2018-05-17

36

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

Dilma Rousseff

Self

Gleisi Hoffmann

Gleisi Hoffmann

Self

Lindbergh Farias

Lindbergh Farias

Self

Janaína Paschoal

Janaína Paschoal

Self

José Eduardo Cardozo

José Eduardo Cardozo

Self

Eduardo Cunha

Eduardo Cunha

Self

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