O Dia em Que o Brasil Esteve Aqui (2005) Online
- Original Title :
- O Dia em Que o Brasil Esteve Aqui
- Genre :
- Movie / Documentary
- Year :
- 2005
- Directror :
- João Dornelas,Caito Ortiz
- Cast :
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,Patrice Dumont,Fenelon Gabart
- Writer :
- Fabio Altman
- Budget :
- $200,000
- Type :
- Movie
- Time :
- 1h 12min
- Rating :
- 7.4/10
How can a game of football change a nation's destiny? How can the passion for another country's national team surpass the personal and collective conflicts of everyday life? Now imagine the Five Time World Champion Brazilian team playing with Haiti's national team to promote peace in a country going through a period of atavistic misery. UN troops, led by Brazil, try to maintain peace and order. The informal economy rules the streets. Hunger rages. Only music and faith, seems to keep them alive - and football. In this environment, the presence of the Brazilian National Team served as an excuse for hope and euphoria - and it is important to ask, what other purpose will it serve? What kind of peace can come out of this match? From any perspective, it was a unique encounter, of football with politics, of superstars with simpletons, of countries with similar histories and societies. An inexplicable passion that Haiti feels for Brazil that does not need to be understood, but incorporated. ...
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | - | Himself (as Lula) |
| Patrice Dumont | - | Haiti's main sports journalist |
| Fenelon Gabart | - | Haiti national soccer team golie |
| Joseph Namphy | - | Fan of brazilian soccer team |
 | Brazil National Football Team | - | Themselves |