The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
37 audience votes
Key crew
- Maria RamosDirector
- Maria RamosWriter
Cast
- Dilma RousseffSelf
- Gleisi HoffmannSelf
- Lindbergh FariasSelf
- Janaína PaschoalSelf
- José Eduardo CardozoSelf
- Eduardo CunhaSelf
- Roberto RequiãoSelf
- Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaSelf
- Jean WyllysSelf
- Aécio NevesSelf
- Chico BuarqueSelf
- Jair BolsonaroSelf