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AI-5 - O Dia que Não Existiu

2001 · 56 min

A sober, talk-heavy historical account that feels like a civics lecture, informative but dry and distant.

Directed by
Adélia Sampaio, Paulo Markun
Genres
Documentary, Tv movie
Starring
Paulo Markun, Márcio Moreira Alves, Maurício Branco
Overview
Documentary about a political episode during the Brazilian military dictatorship, which resulted in the issue of the Institutional Act #5 (AI-5), abolishing freedom of opinion in Brazil, and marking the transition to the toughest period of violation of human rights in the country. The episode was the Congress Assembly on December 12th, 1968, in which its members denied permission to punish congressman Márcio Moreira Alves, as was the Government's wish.

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Directed by
Adélia Sampaio, Paulo Markun
Genres
Documentary, Tv movie
Starring
Paulo Markun, Márcio Moreira Alves, Maurício Branco
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    • power
    • corruption
    • freedom
    • justice
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    adult
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    • documentary
    • true story
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    • Language mild
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    Tension5
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    Genres
    documentary, tv movie
    Directed by
    Adélia Sampaio, Paulo Markun
    Written by
    Paulo Markun, Adélia Sampaio
    Starring
    Paulo Markun, Márcio Moreira Alves, Maurício Branco, Mário Covas, Geraldo Freire, Beatriz Gemal, Monique Lafond, Almir Martins
    Runtime
    56 min
    Country
    Brazil
    Languages
    Portuguese

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