Background poster of The Trial blurred
Poster of The Trial

The Trial

2018-2h 17min
Star icon accompanying the rating score
7.5 / 10 36

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.

Directed by Maria Ramos

Writers Maria Ramos

Stars Dilma Rousseff Gleisi Hoffmann Lindbergh Farias

Videos

No videos found

Cast

Dilma Rousseff's picture in the cast

Dilma Rousseff

Self
Gleisi Hoffmann's picture in the cast

Gleisi Hoffmann

Self
Lindbergh Farias's picture in the cast

Lindbergh Farias

Self
Janaína Paschoal's picture in the cast

Janaína Paschoal

Self
José Eduardo Cardozo's picture in the cast

José Eduardo Cardozo

Self
Eduardo Cunha's picture in the cast

Eduardo Cunha

Self
Roberto Requião's picture in the cast

Roberto Requião

Self
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's picture in the cast

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Self
Jean Wyllys's picture in the cast

Jean Wyllys

Self
Aécio Neves's picture in the cast

Aécio Neves

Self
Chico Buarque's picture in the cast

Chico Buarque

Self
Jair Bolsonaro's picture in the cast

Jair Bolsonaro

Self

Recommendations