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The Trial

Movie
2018
2h 17m
Portuguese
Documentary
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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Directed By: Maria Ramos
Written By: Maria Ramos

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miguelreina says...
4 years ago
[MUBI] Chronicle of an institutional coup, narrated with a static gaze, although with a clear political position. But the austerity of the proposal works against it, with too many political speeches and a lack of information for viewers who don't know Brazilian politics. The most interesting is the general vision of a corrupt political system, the defenselessness of transgression and abuse of the democratic mandate.
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