Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Dilma Rousseff | ... | Self - Ex-Presidente | |
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | ... | Self - Ex-Presidente (as Lula da Silva) | |
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Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva | ... | Self - Primeira Dama (as Marisa Letícia) |
Sergio Moro | ... | Self - Juiz Federal (as Sérgio Moro) | |
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Nestor Cerveró | ... | Self - Ex-Executivo da Petrobras (archive footage) |
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Paulo Roberto Costa | ... | Self - Ex-Diretor da Petrobras (archive footage) |
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Marcelo Odebrecht | ... | Self - Ex-Presidente do Grupo Odebrecht (archive footage) |
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Lindbergh Farias | ... | Self - Senador (PT) (archive footage) |
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Jovair Arantes | ... | Self - Relator da Comissão do Impeachment (PTB) |
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José Eduardo Cardozo | ... | Self - Advogado de Dilma / Ex-Ministro da Justiça |
Eduardo Cunha | ... | Self - Presidente da Câmara dos Deputados (PMDB) | |
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Carlos Henrique Gaguim | ... | Self - Deputado (PTN) |
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Paulo Maluf | ... | Self - Deputado (PP) |
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Roberto Requião | ... | Self - Senador (PMDB) |
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Jean Wyllys | ... | Self - Deputado (PSOL) |
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.
Petra Costa is perhaps the best documentary director in Brazil. Her debut is the masterpiece Elena, a very personal look to her sister. The Edge of the Democracy, her third feature, is another kind a monster. A political one, to be exat, in which she narrates the oddly "democratic" impeachment of president Dilma Roussef.
Costa's talent is to make simple footage (either from stock and original shots) into sheer cinematic strenght. A rare gift, I might add.