Legalidade (2019)
Release Year: 2019
Nation: Brazil
Alternative Title: Resistance
Director: Zeca Brito
Writer: Zeca Brito, Leo Garcia
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Luciana Tomasi, Carlos Gerbase
Companies: Prana Filmes
Genre: Romance, Drama, History
Budget: R$3,000,000 (estimated).
Awards & Similar
Awards:
Similar: N/A
Keywords
Keywords: brazilian history, brazilian politics, female nudity, female topless nudity, latin american politics
Story
Brazil, 1961. In the underground of the Piratini Palace, the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Leonel Brizola, awaits a bombing by the Brazilian armed forces. The country is on the verge of a civil war, following the resignation of president Jânio Quadros and the movement to keep vice-president João Goulart from taking office. Using the radio transmitter from his improvised bunker, Brizola sets up the Legality movement, to ensure Goulart's right to the presidential chair. Caught in the crossfire, two brothers who are in love with the same woman unite to fight alongside Brizola.
Summary
In 1961, Gov. Leonel Brizola leads the unparalleled Legality movement, a first in the history of Brazil. Fighting for the Constitution, he mobilizes the resistance to ensure President João Goulart's coming to power. Amidst the imp...
