The former minister of () and current leader of the opposition in the Senate, , praised Fernanda Torres for winning the , but said that President Lula () and the left are using the film to attack the opposition.
Torres received an award for best actress in a drama film, last Sunday (5), for her work in “”, by Walter Salles. She is the first Brazilian actress to triumph at the awards.
Marinho said he read the work of Marcelo Rubens Paiva, but did not see the film. “Of course you have to congratulate the actress, it’s important for the country, but you can’t use this film as it is being used by Lula and the left as if the military dictatorship were today’s opposition. That’s what I’m talking about, dehumanization [da oposição] “, these.
The PL leader says that the government is using the State machinery to persecute opponents, and cites the National Prosecutor’s Office of the Union for the Defense of Democracy (PNDD), of the AGU (General Attorney’s Office of the Union), as a body that would act against opponents.
The prosecutor’s office activates the platforms to remove misinformation. Marinho called it the “ministry of truth”, alluding to George Orwell’s book, “1984”.
“They accuse people of what they do. I think this association is bad, it clouds the award itself [Globo de Ouro]cannot be used in this way. Culture transcends all of this. It shouldn’t be this counterpoint,” he said.
“I’m Still Here” tells the story of Eunice Paiva based on her son’s book, Marcelo Rubens Paiva, in which the author recounts his father’s disappearance during the military dictatorship.
The film became a rare public success in Brazil, with . The tendency is that, driven by foreign awards, it will continue to sell tickets in the country’s cinemas.
The president and the first lady called on Monday night (6). They had already publicly congratulated Torres on their social networks. The call was an additional gesture of a nod to his daughter. The video of the conversation was published on Lula and Janja’s social networks.
In the conversation, the president congratulates Torres on his achievement and highlights that the victory was important, as it coincides with the week of the 8th, which marks two years since the attacks on Brasília in . Torres is grateful and highlights that the award is a benefit for Brazilian culture.
“You, dear, you deserve it. You deserved it before. I wonder how your mother turned out. I wonder how proud her dear daughter, her artist daughter was. This was two days before we did the act in defense of democracy” , says Lula.
Torres responded that it is “so beautiful to see this award now, at a time like this.” “Such a beautiful thing for culture, for art, which has been so attacked. Democracy deserves this film.”
The Palácio do Planalto organizes the milestone of two years of attacks on the headquarters of the Três Poderes with the reopening of vandalized pieces, a ceremony with authorities and a symbolic embrace of the Praça dos Três Poderes, with left-wing militancy.
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