Overview
In May 1993, Brazil experienced one of the worst economic crises in its history. The government then decides to set up a real task force to solve the problem. Confined to a bunker as a way of shielding the operations of growing political pressures, the special economic team will have to do its best to reach agreement and create the Plano Real.
Director and cast
- Bemvindo Sequeira as Itamar Franco
- Emílio Orciollo Netto as Gustavo Franco
- Norival Rizzo as Fernando Henrique Cardoso
- Tato Gabus Mendes as Pedro Malan
- Mariana Lima as Denise
- Fernando Eiras as Winston Fritsch
- Carlos Meceni as Clóvis Carvalho
- Guilherme Weber as Pérsio Arida
- Giulio Lopes as Edmar Bacha
- Paolla Oliveira as Renata
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