7.7
Summary
A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.
Cast
Dilma Rousseff
Self
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Self
Michel Temer
Self
Eduardo Cunha
Self
Jair Bolsonaro
Self
Sérgio Moro
Self
Paulo Maluf
Self
Jean Wyllys
Self
Aécio Neves
Self
Gilberto Carvalho
Himself
Petra Costa
Self
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
Nelson Mandela
Self (archive footage)
Li An
Elena Andrade
Crew
Director, Writer
Petra Costa
Co-Writer
Moara Passoni
Co-Writer
David Barker
Co-Writer
Carol Pires
Script Consultant
Hilton Lacerda
Script Consultant
Antônia Pellegrino
Script Consultant
Daniela Capelato
Script Consultant
Virginia Primo
Reviews
rsanek
January 10, 2021
4
Stopped after watching half. Not sure what it was, but the storytelling never grabbed me and I found it both too slow (constant interruptions of the core story with uninteresting personal recollections) and too fast (not enough time setting up the historical context and showing the sequence of events clearly).
Media
Recommendations
Nefta Football Club
Rolling Papers
Boy 23: The Forgotten Boys of Brazil
Lower House
The Cave
VS.
Something Like That
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Possible Loves
Gus
Empty Days
The Trial
How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal
Chicago Syndicate
The Madness Among Us
I-94
São Paulo's War
The Black Godfather
Minha Fama de Mau
