(2024, Brazil, USA, Denmark, 110')
Where does a democracy end and a theocracy begin? From this question, the Brazilian director Petra Costa develops a documentary analyzing the events that took place in her country during the rise to power of Bolsonaro, openly supported by the evangelical Church. The film investigates Brazil’s descent into religious fundamentalism, portraying a country divided by a “holy war” in which faith and principles come into conflict with each other.
Petra Costa is a Brazilian director and producer. Her debut film Elena (2012), based on her big sister’s tragic life, has won many awards, including best documentary at the Festival of Havana. Her last movie, The Edge of Democracy (2019), is the director’s witness on the social and political crisis of Brazil that occurred in 2014. It was nominated as best documentary at the Academy Awards and it won a Peabody Award in 2020.
