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Resistance

Resistance

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 10, 2019

Runtime

2h 2m

Genres

History, Drama, Romance

User Score

63%

Original Title

Legalidade

Production Companies

Prana Filmes

Director

Zeca Brito

Description

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.