
The Trial


The impeachment and removal from office of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in 2016 was triggered by a corruption scandal involving, among others, her then vice-president Michel Temer. Director Maria Augusta Ramos follows the trial against Rousseff from the point of view of her defence team. This is a courtroom drama that unfolds slowly: the appearances of the various parties gradually turn the proceedings into something akin to theatre. Inside the courtroom, grand emotions are played to full effect whilst, on the other side of the doors, lobbyists and supporters pace the corridors. Meanwhile, outside, in front of Brasília’s modernist government buildings, demonstrators are chanting like a Greek chorus. Only the main character, Rousseff herself, remains professional and aloof.

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Graduated in music from the University of Brasilia (UnB), Maria moved to Paris where she completed her musicology and electro-acoustic music courses at the musical research group (Radio France) and later in London (City University). In 1990 she married Henkjan Honing, a Dutchman, and moved to Holland, where she studied directing and editing at the Dutch Film and Television Academy, studying under…
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