Resistance

Resistance

122 mins | Drama, Romance, History | April 10, 2019

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.

Resistance

122 mins | Drama, Romance, History | April 10, 2019

Resistance
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Prana Filmes
Original title Legalidade
Directors Zeca Brito
Writers Leo Garcia, Zeca Brito

Cast

Cleo Pires

as Cecília

Leonardo Machado

as Leonel Brizola

Fernando Alves Pinto

as Luis Carlos

Letícia Sabatella

as Blanca

Sapiran Brito

as Brizola em 2004

Paulo César Peréio

as Radialista

Fábio Rangel

as Jango

Roberto Oliveira

as Coronel Machado Lopes

Luis Franke

as Major Neme

Adriano Basegio

as Hamilton Chaves

Alexandre Accorsi

as Péricles

Áurea Baptista

as Rosa Garramón

Carla Cassapo

as Dóris

Erik Mathew

as Robert

Evandro Soldatelli

as Coronel Campos

Ignacio León

as Che Guevara

Jairo Klein

as Jânio Quadros

João França

as Passageiro do Trem

Juliana Wolkmer

as Neusa Brizola

Luiza Ollé

as Lara

Marcos Contreras

as Pereio

Néstor Monasterio

as Presidente do Uruguai

Renato Teixeira

as Capitão