Film

Open Skies

1985 · 1h 18m · Documentary

IMDb

6.6

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.

Tancredo Neves

Himself (archive footage)

• João Batista de AndradeDirector

Release date

January 1, 1985

Status

Released

Original language

Portuguese

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Documentary