
The Trial
Is a documentary film about the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s first female President. The film portrays the “judicial political” trial first at the House of Representatives and, then, in the Senate focusing on the President’s Defence Team: her lawyer and a group of senators who struggle to prove the President’s innocence against a majority vote by a Congress riddled with corruption.
A tale of betrayal and farce, the film presents Rousseff’s personal story: herself imprisoned and tortured by the country’s former military dictatorship, she now faces impeachment accused of fiscal crimes and corruption charges. Rousseff declares herself innocent and accuses the right-wing opposition of perpetrating a Parliamentary Coup d’état. The principal architect of the impeachment is Vice-President Michel Temer, one of her former allies.
THE TRIAL witnesses how the impeachment triggers a profound political crisis in Brazil. It looks at the collapse of the democratic institutions at the very heart of this crisis and at the economic and geopolitical interests involved.
The film offers a behind-the-scenes inside look at this historical moment. The filmmaker was granted unique access to the defence team, to left wing senators and to President Rousseff herself. Ramos’ technique is wholly observational, without interviews and narrations. The camera captures telling physical and conversational interactions in the private and political sphere while offering viewers a glimpse of the outdoor mass demonstrations.
The film is set in and around the corridors of power in Brasília, the capital of Brazil and the filmmakers’ birthplace. Ramos films the impeachment trial (first in the House of Representatives, then, in the Senate), exclusive conversations between the defence team, strategic meetings with senators and political leaders, President Rousseff at the Presidential Palace, and then, at the Residential Palace where Rousseff awaits her final judgement. Here in conversation with friends and allies, she expresses her personal thoughts about this historical moment.
After taking on the addled Brazilian Justice system in her past films JUSTICE (Grand Prix at ‘Visions du Reel’, Best Film at Taiwan Int. Doc Fest, Amnesty Award at CPH: Dox), BEHAVE (Grand Prix at One World, Fipresci Award at Dok-Leipzig) and HILL OF PLEASURES (Best Director – Brasilia Film Fest), Ramos once more holds national institutions tacitly to account.
-
Globo: 'Não faço filmes para defender teses', diz diretora de doc sobre impeachment de Dilma25 January 2018'Não faço filmes para defender teses', diz diretora de doc sobre impeachment de Dilma Maria...
-
Entretenimento: "Não sou ativista, sou cineasta"23 February 2018"Não sou ativista, sou cineasta" 23 fev 2018 13h55 atualizado em 24/2/2018 às 14h31 Em entrevista à...
-
Carta maior: O Processo23 February 2018Kafka no Planalto Central O PROCESSO não expande sua abordagem para mostrar, por exemplo, a...
-
Globo: Em Berlim, 'O processo', de Maria Augusta Ramos, é o terceiro preferido do público na Mostra Panorama24 February 2018Em Berlim, 'O processo', de Maria Augusta Ramos, é o terceiro preferido do público...
-
Variety: Berlin Film Review: ‘The Trial’13 March 2018Berlin Film Review: ‘The Trial’ A documentary that serves as a crucial record of the...
-
Variety: Maria Ramos on Dilma Rousseff Impeachment Doc ‘The Trial’13 March 2018Maria Ramos on Dilma Rousseff Impeachment Doc ‘The Trial’ In 2016 Dilma Rousseff was history's...
-
Goethe-Institut Brasilien: “Estamos paralisados enquanto sociedade”3 April 2018Blog da Berlinale 2018 O Processo: “Estamos paralisados enquanto sociedade” O Processo, de Maria Augusta...
-
#Carta:'O Processo' como o avesso de 'O Mecanismo'29 May 2018Cultura Cinema Nacional 'O Processo' como o avesso de 'O Mecanismo' por Pedro Alexandre Sanches — publicado 22/04/2018 00h10, última...
-
Sputniknews: Película sobre impeachment a Dilma Rousseff busca hacer reflexionar a los brasileños29 May 2018© REUTERS / Ueslei Marcelino Película sobre impeachment a Dilma Rousseff busca hacer reflexionar a...
-
Omelete: Festival de Cannes, Documentário sobre o impeachment de Dilma Rousseff atrai atenções e curiosidade29 May 2018Festival de Cannes | Documentário sobre o impeachment de Dilma Rousseff atrai atenções e...
-
El Pais: ‘O Processo’, retrato angustiante do impeachment, chega aos cinemas29 May 2018‘O Processo’, retrato angustiante do impeachment, chega aos cinemas Estreia no Brasil do premiado filme...
-
Berlim ovaciona ‘O Processo’, o atestado de óbito da democracia nacional18 June 2018Berlim ovaciona ‘O Processo’, o atestado de óbito da democracia nacional Rodrigo Fonseca 21 Fevereiro 2018 Existem...
-
Forum: "O Processo" escancara o golpe com o artifício irrefutável da realidade18 June 201816 DE ABRIL DE 2018, 16H21 “O Processo” escancara o golpe com o artifício irrefutável...
-
O Processo' lança olhar aprofundado ao impeachment de Dilma Rousseff18 June 2018O Processo' lança olhar aprofundado ao impeachment de Dilma Rousseff O documentário 'O Processo' revisita...
-
Narrativa prende atenção, instiga e emociona espectador18 June 2018VERSÃO IMPRESSA Narrativa prende atenção, instiga e emociona espectador 01:30 | 11/05/2018 SEQUÊNCIA inicial do filme mostra...
-
Acriatura: MARIA AUGUSTA RAMOS: EM 137 MINUTOS, CINEASTA CONTA A HISTÓRIA DE UM JULGAMENTO QUE PAROU O BRASIL23 June 2018Maria Augusta Ramos Maria Augusta Ramos, cineasta | por Heloisa Eterna | foto Alexandre Campbell...
-
DUE PROCESS: A CONVERSATIONWITH MARIA AUGUSTA RAMOS25 July 2019For more information: Ramos Interview - FQ