Encantado, le Brésil désenchanté

About Encantado, le Brésil désenchanté

Considered for a few years the “country of the future”, Brazil has seen since 2013 a deep disenchantment between the middle and popular classes that culminated with the rise of Jair Bolsonaro to the Presidency in 2018. Enchanted portrays this recent Brazilian history from a homonymous neighborhood of the Rio suburb transfigured by the 2016 Olympics.

Filipe Galvon's Encantado, le Brésil désenchanté is a 2018 documentary film. Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Márcia Tiburi, and Jean Wyllys lead the cast.

Released in September 2018, it runs 83 minutes.

Shelv files it under political documentary and politics.

Fahrenheit 9/11, 13th, and Bombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater and the 1964 Campaign That Changed It All make useful companions to Encantado, le Brésil désenchanté.