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The Trial

75% | May 17, 2018
Documentary

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.

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Maria Ramos
Director
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Alan Schvarsberg
Director of Photography
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Karen Akerman
Editor
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Marta Lopes
Sound
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Maria Ramos
Writer
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Paula Alves
Production Manager
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Caio Mazur
Assistant Sound Editor
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Olivia Hernández Fernández
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Leonardo Mecchi
Producer
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Tomás Magariños
Post Production Coordinator
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Ian Carvalho
Foley Recordist
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André Miranda
Camera Operator

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