Intermissions

Intermissions (2004)

Entreatos

Lula thirty days prior to power

This revealing documentary offers an insider's view of Lula da Silva's 2002 presidential campaign, showing political dynamics alongside intimate moments.

Date of release
2004-11-19
TMDB
7.9 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 56m
Genres
Documentary
Director
João Moreira Salles

Casting

Interesting facts

Intermissions is a 2004 Brazilian documentary film, directed by Brazilian filmmaker João Moreira Salles, that takes a behind-the-scenes look at Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's 2002 political campaign.

Background

From September 25 to October 27, 2002, the crew of the documentary Intermissions, led by João Moreira Salles, followed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s presidential campaign step by step during the 2002 election. This was the fourth time Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, representing the Workers' Party (PT), had run for president, following a second-round defeat to Fernando Collor de Mello (PRN) in 1989 and two first-round defeats to Fernando Henrique Cardos…

In an interview with journalist Juca Kfouri on the program EntreVistas, broadcast by TV dos Trabalhadores in 2021, João remarked that the scene in which Lula is declared president was almost cut. João stated that after Lula's victory, when the newly elected president was declared president and went to the InterContinental Hotel in the Paulista Avenue area of São Paulo, the film crew returned to the hotel where they were staying, the Hilton Hotel…

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