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 |
| Production | Joanna Natasegara | Producer |
| Camera | João Atala | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Petra Costa | Writer |
| Production | Shane Boris | Producer |
| Writing | Carol Pires | Co-Writer |
| Production | Abigail Anketell-Jones | Co-Producer |
| Writing | Daniela Capelato | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Antônia Pellegrino | Script Consultant |
| Editing | David Barker | Editor |
| Sound | Lucas Santtana | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Petra Costa | Producer |
| Production | Sara Dosa | Co-Producer |
| Writing | David Barker | Co-Writer |
| Sound | Rodrigo Leão | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Moara Passoni | Co-Writer |
| Production | Tiago Pavan | Producer |
| Sound | Gilberto Monte | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Mariana Oliva | Co-Producer |
| Editing | João Atala | Editor |
| Writing | Virginia Primo | Script Consultant |
| Editing | Eduardo Escorel | Editorial Consultant |
| Sound | Vitor Araújo | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Felipe Lacerda | Editor |
| Editing | Bruno Jorge | Editor |
| Editing | Bruno Lasevicius | Editor |
| Camera | Tiago Tambelli | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Mariana de Melo | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Hilton Lacerda | Script Consultant |
| Editing | Eduardo Gripa | Editor |
| Editing | Isabelle Rathery | Editor |
| Sound | Juan Quintáns | Sound |
| Editing | Joaquim Castro | Editor |
| Editing | Karen Harley | Editor |
| Editing | Virginia Primo | Editor |
| Editing | Affonso Gonçalves | Editor |
| Crew | Ricardo Stuckert | Cinematography |
| Editing | Dellani Lima | Editor |
| Directing | Karen Gronich | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Jordana Berg | Editor |
| Editing | Tina Baz | Editor |
| Editing | Idê Lacreta | Editor |
| Camera | Fabio Bardella | Camera Operator |