The Trial
17/05/2018
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.
Movie Information
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
