Entreatos (2004)

Director:

João Moreira Salles

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Director João Moreira Salles and a small crew followed Presidential candidate Luís Inácio Lula da Silva's campaign in meetings...

Plot Keywords:

Brasilia | Brazil | Presidency

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Lula	...	Himself
José Dirceu	...	Himself
Luís Gushiken	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
José Aparecido	...	Himself
Frei Beto	...	Himself
Frei Leonardo Boff	...	Himself
Walter Carvalho	...	Himself
Marisa da Silva	...	Herself
Itamar Franco	...	Himself
Fernando Gabeira	...	Himself
Duda Mendonça	...	Himself
Aloizio Mercadante	...	Himself
João Moreira Salles	...	Himself (voice)
Marta Suplicy	...	Herself
Raquel Freire Zangrandi	...	Herself

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Brazil:10

Company:

VideoFilmes

Trivia:

Director João Moreira Salles obtained President Lula's permission to film his campaign on the condition he wouldn't divulge any filmed material until after he was inaugurated in office. The 240 hours of footage were kept secret until the final film's release in 2004.

The "Making of" of President Lula's Campaign

In 2002, the Brazilian director João Moreira Salles followed with his crew the candidate Luís Inácio Lula da Silva in his campaign for President of Brazil. The collection of footages in meetings, debates, hotels, airplanes and other places with his political allies and friends and acquaintances have been edited in an interesting documentary about the behind scene life of Lula.

"Entreatos" is the "Making of" of President Lula's successful campaign for President of Brazil, elected with 61% of the valid vote – about 53 million votes. The phenomenon Lula, who has come from the working classes, is the first leftist President of Brazil. His party – PT, Partido dos Trabalhadores (meaning Workers Party) – was founded in 1980, and after twenty-two years of existence, three defeats and systematic opposition to Fernando Henrique Cardoso for eight years, has finally elected Lula. Watching this documentary in 2008, there is a testimony of some of the successes and failures of his promises while candidate: among his great achievements, the improvement of the Brazilian Economy and the lower classes; among the great deception, the lack of ethics of many of his political allies and friends, involved in scandals later. However, it is nice to see Lula as a flawed human being, with open heart and very sincere in some moments, telling funny stories about his past. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Entreatos" ("Interacts")