The Trial (2018)

Documentary

Overview

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 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

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