The Trial (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.
Director: Maria Ramos
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Dilma Rousseff as Self |
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Gleisi Hoffmann as Self |
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Lindbergh Farias as Self |
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Janaína Paschoal as Self |
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José Eduardo Cardozo as Self |
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Eduardo Cunha as Self |
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Roberto Requião as Self |
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Self |
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Jean Wyllys as Self |
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Aécio Neves as Self |
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Chico Buarque as Self |
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Jair Bolsonaro as Self |
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Jandira Feghali as Self |
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Michel Temer as Self |
| Directing | Maria Ramos | Director |
| Editing | Karen Akerman | Editor |
| Camera | Alan Schvarsberg | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Marta Lopes | Sound |
| Writing | Maria Ramos | Writer |
| Production | Leonardo Mecchi | Producer |
| Camera | David Alves Mattos | Director of Photography |
| Production | Paula Alves | Production Manager |
| Sound | Ian Carvalho | Foley Recordist |
| Sound | Gustavo Loureiro | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Felipe Magalhaes | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Caio Mazur | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bernardo Uzeda | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Olivia Hernández Fernández | Sound |
| Sound | Hudson Vasconcelos | Sound |
| Camera | André Miranda | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Antoine d'Artemare | Colorist |
| Editing | Nina Galanternick | Additional Editor |
| Production | Tomás Magariños | Post Production Coordinator |
