{"id":8275,"date":"2019-07-12T15:49:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T15:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=8275"},"modified":"2019-07-12T15:49:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T15:49:07","slug":"the-edge-of-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-edge-of-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Edge of Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have been acompanhando<\/em> (keeping up with) the recent political history of Brazil knows that it is quite troubled and hard to entender<\/em> (understand). Even Brazilians find it difficult to find explanations for how the country has mudou<\/em> (changed) so much in such a short period of time, polarizing a sociedade<\/em> (society) between groups to the esquerda<\/em> (left) and others to the direita<\/em> (right), some even with affinities to the far right. If you are curious to understand a little more about this topic, you are in the right place. Today we will recommend a work released by Netflix and that has been getting quite a media buzz over the past few weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Edge of Democracy<\/span><\/i> (or <\/span>Democracia em Vertigem<\/span><\/i> in Portuguese) is a documentary film made by brazilian filmmaker Petra Costa that focuses mainly on the years from 2002 to 2018, a period that includes a ascens\u00e3o e decl\u00ednio<\/em> (the rise and fall) of the Workers’ Party (PT or Partido dos Trabalhadores), whose figuras principais<\/em> (lead figures) are former presidents Lula and Dilma Roussef. However, her narrative is not only about the institutional and macro-political instability of this period, but also brings a personal and intimate ponto de vista<\/em> (viewpoint), as she narrates and exposes the spectator to her personal afflictions and confessions, in a voice-over almost entirely in the first person perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n

These afflictions and confessions stem from a complicated relationship within the director’s own upbringing. On the one hand she comes from a wealthy and traditional family, whose grandfather owns a large Brazilian construction company, which prospered during the Military Dictatorship and was only recently condenada<\/em> (convicted) of active corruption. On the other hand, her parents were left-wing militants during the military regime who, after being tortured, became refugiados pol\u00edticos<\/em> (political refugees). The director intertwines these stories with Brazil’s own in recent years, combining her own family’s home movies and other imagens de bastidores<\/em> (behind-the-scenes footage), such as the moment the former president of Brazil witnesses her own impeachment in a room with her advisors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though it has been avaliado<\/em> (rated) by the New York Times<\/em> and The Guardian<\/em> as one of the best films of the year and with high chances of ganhar<\/em> (winning) the Oscar, as resenhas<\/em> (reviews) in Brazil have been less flattering, pointing at some issues about <\/span>The Edge of Democracy.<\/span><\/i> One of the main points of criticism is that the work does not hide its sympathy for the left-wing figures of the Workers Party<\/em>, placing its main personagens<\/em> (characters) as symbols of Brazilian democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, <\/span>The Edge of Democracy<\/span><\/i> is a rather didactic film about the turbulence experienced in recent years by Brazilian politics, which is dispon\u00edvel<\/em> (available) on the Netflix platform. Were you curious to watch the work of Petra Costa and tirar suas pr\u00f3prias conclus\u00f5es<\/em> (draw your own conclusions)? Click on the link below to check out the official trailer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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