Maria Ramos

Following the impeachment trial of Brazil's first female President, this film witnesses the profound political crisis and collapse of democratic institutions.

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 Senate focusing on the President's Defence Team: her lawyer and three senators who struggle to prove the President's innocence against a majority vote by a Congress riddled with corruption.