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The Trial

The impeachment and removal of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in 2016 was precipitated by a corruption scandal involving, among others, her then-vice-president Michel Temer. Maria Augusta Ramos, the director, follows Rousseff's trial from the perspective of her defense team. This is a slow-burning courtroom drama in which the various parties' appearances gradually transform the proceedings into something resembling theater. The courtroom is filled with grand emotions, while lobbyists and supporters pace the corridors on the other side of the doors. Meanwhile, outside the modernist government buildings of Brasilia, demonstrators are chanting like a Greek chorus. Only the main character, Rousseff, maintains her professional demeanor and aloofness.

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