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At three adult education classrooms, three women - a young trans woman, an imprisoned mother and a housekeeper - stand out. They have in common the desire of changing their lives through education - although this is a though stint.
Director
Director
Status
Released
Original Language
PT

A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.

Following a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho, which are then re-enacted by actresses, blurring the barriers between truth, fiction and interpretation.