Documentary about a political episode during the Brazilian military dictatorship, which resulted in the issue of the Institutional Act #5 (AI-5), abolishing freedom of opinion in Brazil, and marking the transition to the toughest period of violation of human rights in the country. The episode was the Congress Assembly on December 12th, 1968, in which its members denied permission to punish congressman Márcio Moreira Alves, as was the Government's wish.
Paulo Markun
Márcio Moreira Alves
Maurício Branco
Mário Covas
Geraldo Freire
Beatriz Gemal
Monique Lafond
Almir Martins
Jarbas Passarinho
Tonico Pereira
João Vieittas
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
Arthur da Costa e Silva
João Goulart