The Edge of Democracy

Directed by Petra Costa
2019    2h 1m    TV-14
Documentary, History, Reality
7.397%68%
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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.
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Cast of The Edge of Democracy
  • Dilma RousseffSelf
  • Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaSelf
  • Michel TemerSelf
  • Eduardo CunhaSelf
  • Jair BolsonaroSelf
  • Sérgio MoroSelf
  • Paulo MalufSelf
  • Jean WyllysSelf
  • Aécio NevesSelf
  • Gilberto CarvalhoHimself
  • Petra CostaSelf
  • Barack ObamaSelf (archive footage)
  • Queen Elizabeth II of the United KingdomSelf (archive footage)
  • Nelson MandelaSelf (archive footage)
  • Li An
  • Elena Andrade
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