Open Skies

Open Skies

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1985

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

50%

Original Title

Céu Aberto

Director

João Batista de Andrade

Description

When Brazil finally came out from its dictatorship period, Tancredo Neves, the first civilian president after 20 years of military rule, got ill with a strange infection and finally died on 21 April 1985 before taking office. Knowing political stability could get compromised, before dying, he tried to look healthy, and the press also helped with the farce. The documentary is about his slow public agony and death.