Resistance (2019)
Original title: Legalidade
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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.
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CleoCecília
Leonardo MachadoLeonel Brizola
Fernando Alves PintoLuis Carlos
José Henrique LigabueTonho
Letícia SabatellaBlanca
Sapiran BritoBrizola em 2004
Paulo César PeréioRadialista
Fábio RangelJango
Roberto OliveiraCoronel Machado LopesLuis FrankeMajor Neme
Adriano BasegioHamilton ChavesAlexandre AccorsiPériclesMovie DNA
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What is Resistance about?
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.
How long is Resistance?
Resistance has a runtime of 122 minutes.