The Trial

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 Self Gleisi Hoffmann Self

Lindbergh Farias Self

Janaína Paschoal Self

José Eduardo Cardozo Self

Eduardo Cunha Self

Roberto Requião Self

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Self Jean Wyllys Self Aécio Neves Self Chico Buarque Self Jair Bolsonaro Self

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