Democrazia al limite (2019)
Aprile 2018, San Paolo: acclamato dalla base elettorale per le sue politiche sociali e le origini di sindacalista e metalmeccanico, Luíz Inacio Lula da Silva (Lula), già presidente del Brasile dal 2003 al 2011 (dopo tre tentativi falliti, nel 1989, '94 e '98) nonostante le proteste dei suoi sostenitori deve consegnarsi alla giustizia per effetto di una condanna in primo grado in seguito all'inchiesta sull'operazione "Lava Jato", "autolavaggio", nel senso di corruzione tramite tangenti della compagnia petrolifera nazionale Petrobras, e di riciclaggio. Uno scandalo che ha travolto non solo il suo partito (PT, Partido dos Trabalhadores, dei lavoratori, fondato, anche da Lula, nel 1980), ma anche la parte avversaria, ovvero esponenti del PSDB (Partito della Social Democrazia Brasiliana, nato nel 1988). E che continua, nonostante la scarcerazione di Lula a film finito, a perseguitare l'ex presidente per vie penali.
Direttore: Petra Costa
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Dilma Rousseff as Self |
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Self |
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Michel Temer as Self |
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Eduardo Cunha as Self |
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Jair Bolsonaro as Self |
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Sérgio Moro as Self |
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Paulo Maluf as Self |
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Jean Wyllys as Self |
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Aécio Neves as Self |
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Gilberto Carvalho as Himself |
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Petra Costa as Self |
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Barack Obama as Self (archive footage) |
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Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom as Self (archive footage) |
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Nelson Mandela as Self (archive footage) |
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Li An as |
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Elena Andrade as |
| Directing | Petra Costa | Director |
| Writing | Petra Costa | Writer |
| Camera | João Atala | Director of Photography |
| Production | Joanna Natasegara | Producer |
| Production | Shane Boris | Producer |
| Writing | Carol Pires | Co-Writer |
| Writing | David Barker | Co-Writer |
| Writing | Moara Passoni | Co-Writer |
| Writing | Daniela Capelato | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Antônia Pellegrino | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Virginia Primo | Script Consultant |
| Editing | Eduardo Escorel | Editorial Consultant |
| Production | Tiago Pavan | Producer |
| Production | Petra Costa | Producer |
| Production | Abigail Anketell-Jones | Co-Producer |
| Production | Sara Dosa | Co-Producer |
| Production | Mariana Oliva | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Vitor Araújo | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Rodrigo Leão | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Gilberto Monte | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Lucas Santtana | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Felipe Lacerda | Editor |
| Editing | João Atala | Editor |
| Editing | David Barker | Editor |
| Editing | Joaquim Castro | Editor |
| Editing | Affonso Gonçalves | Editor |
| Editing | Eduardo Gripa | Editor |
| Editing | Karen Harley | Editor |
| Editing | Bruno Jorge | Editor |
| Editing | Bruno Lasevicius | Editor |
| Editing | Dellani Lima | Editor |
| Editing | Virginia Primo | Editor |
| Editing | Isabelle Rathery | Editor |
| Directing | Karen Gronich | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mariana de Melo | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Juan Quintáns | Sound |
| Camera | Tiago Tambelli | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Hilton Lacerda | Script Consultant |
| Crew | Ricardo Stuckert | Cinematography |
| Editing | Idê Lacreta | Editor |
| Editing | Jordana Berg | Editor |
| Editing | Tina Baz | Editor |
| Camera | Fabio Bardella | Camera Operator |