The Edge of Democracy

(2019)

★ 7.7 IMDb · 386 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2019

Runtime: 121 мин

Country: Brazil

Director: Петра Коста

Cast: Дилма Русеф, Луис Инасиу Лула да Силва, Мишел Темер, Eduardo Cunha, Жаир Болсонару, Sérgio Moro, Paulo Maluf, Jean Wyllys, Aécio Neves, Gilberto Carvalho

Plot

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.

A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis, the personal and political fuse in The Edge of Democracy to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. Combining unprecedented access to Presidents Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff with accounts of her own family's complex political and industrial past, filmmaker Petra Costa (Elena, 2012) witnesses their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.