Resistance (2019)

6.3/10 122 min History Drama Romance

Overview

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.

Cast

Cleo

Cecília

Leonardo Machado

Leonel Brizola

Fernando Alves Pinto

Luis Carlos

José Henrique Ligabue

Tonho

Letícia Sabatella

Blanca

Sapiran Brito

Brizola em 2004

Paulo César Peréio

Radialista

Fábio Rangel

Jango

Roberto Oliveira

Coronel Machado Lopes

Adriano Basegio

Hamilton Chaves

Áurea Baptista

Rosa Garramón

Carla Cassapo

Dóris

Eduardo Mendonça

Chico

Erik Mathew

Robert

Evandro Soldatelli

Coronel Campos

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