The Edge of Democracy (2019)

76% User Rating

2h 1min

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.

Petra CostaDirector

Cast

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Dilma Rousseff

Self

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Self

Michel Temer

Self

Eduardo Cunha

Self

Jair Bolsonaro

Self

Sérgio Moro

Self

Paulo Maluf

Self

Jean Wyllys

Self

Aécio Neves

Self

Gilberto Carvalho

Himself

Petra Costa

Self

Barack Obama

Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Nelson Mandela

Self (archive footage)

Li An

Elena Andrade

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rsanek

Rating 40%

January 10, 2021

Stopped after watching half. Not sure what it was, but the storytelling never grabbed me and I found it both too slow (constant interruptions of the core story with uninteresting personal recollections) and too fast (not enough time setting up the historical context and showing the sequence of events clearly).