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Encantado, le Brésil désenchanté

2018 · 83 min

A sober, reflective documentary that traces political disillusionment through personal testimony, leaving a quiet sense of loss and unresolved tension.

Directed by: Filipe Galvon
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Márcia Tiburi

Overview: Considered for a few years the “country of the future”, Brazil has seen since 2013 a deep disenchantment between the middle and popular classes that culminated with the rise of Jair Bolsonaro to the Presidency in 2018. Enchanted portrays this recent Brazilian history from a homonymous neighborhood of the Rio suburb transfigured by the 2016 Olympics. From Rio to Paris, a political and poetic testimony of Brazil through the eyes of the first generation of the popular class to study abroad.

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Directed by: Filipe Galvon
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Márcia Tiburi

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
class
power
betrayal
identity
Places: big city
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Filipe Galvon
Starring: Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Márcia Tiburi, Jean Wyllys, Fernando de Oliveira Haddad, Alain Badiou, Guilherme Boulos, Gregório Duvivier
Runtime: 83 min
Languages: French

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