The read
It runs a compact 56m.
Synopsis
Documentary about a political episode during the Brazilian military dictatorship, which resulted in the issue of the Institutional Act #5 (AI-5), abolishing freedom of opinion in Brazil, and marking the transition to the toughest period of violation of human rights in the country. The episode was the Congress Assembly on December 12th, 1968, in which its members denied permission to punish congressman Márcio Moreira Alves, as was the Government's wish.
Ratings
IMDb8.2/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Paulo MarkunDirector
- Adélia SampaioWriter
- Adélia SampaioDirector
- Paulo MarkunWriter
Cast
- Paulo MarkunHimself
- Márcio Moreira AlvesHimself
- Maurício BrancoMárcio Moreira Alves
- Mário CovasHimself
- Geraldo FreireHimself
- Beatriz GemalNysia Carone
- Monique LafondJúlia Steinbruch
- Almir MartinsMário Covas
- Jarbas PassarinhoHimself
- Tonico PereiraJosé Bonifácio
- João VieittasGeraldo Freire
- Humberto de Alencar Castelo BrancoHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Themes
military dictatorshipbrazilian history