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Torre das Donzelas

Torre das Donzelas

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 3, 2018

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

61%

Original Title

Torre das Donzelas

Director

Susanna Lira

Description

Documents former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's visit to the the women's alley of Tiradentes Jail in the city of São Paulo, also known as "Torre das Donzelas" ("Damsels' Tower"). Alongside other women, Dilma was kept as prisoner in there during the 1970s, when Brazil was under a reign of terror during its military dictatorship years. They all meet again 45 years later to break the silence and the fear of speaking out the horrors they lived under a ruthless dictatorship.