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.
Paulo Markun
Himself
Márcio Moreira Alves
Himself
Maurício Branco
Márcio Moreira Alves
Mário Covas
Himself
Geraldo Freire
Himself
Beatriz Gemal
Nysia Carone
Monique Lafond
Júlia Steinbruch
Almir Martins
Mário Covas
Jarbas Passarinho
Himself
Tonico Pereira
José Bonifácio
João Vieittas
Geraldo Freire
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
