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...we're short 1% of votes

for Lula to win in the first round.

And we are going to win that 1% of the votes by October 6th.

Lula is just arriving now.

In August 2002, I proposed to Lula to make a documentary

on that year's Presidential elections.

The idea was to follow him during the second round,

from October 6th to October 27th,

filming rallies, caravans, marches,

following Lula closely on the campaign trail around the country.

Lula agreed.

He never asked to have a say in the film's final cut.

Two weeks before October 6th, polls began to suggest

that Lula had a real chance of winning the elections in the first round.

So I decided to start filming, earlier than planned,

on September 25th, 2002,

eleven days before the first round of the election.

- I'll give you each a uniform. - "Goyabera"... Fidel's "goyabera".

- Guayabera! - Guayabera, that's it!

I'm rearranging the schedule.

It's scheduled for 11, now it's 10:20.

Let's get this over with quickly, Gilberto.

Later, during the editing process, I realized that the material

that most interested me was from the private scenes of Lula.

Lula in cars, hotels, airplanes, dressing rooms.

Of the countless films that could have emerged from the uncut footage,

I decided for one that would focus on these behind-the-stage scenes.

Can I stand here?

My man, you can do anything you want now.

"INTERMISSIONS" - How are you doing? - Sorry, President,

I only went to bed at 5:30 AM.

- You've already met, right? João... - Yes. Hello!

Hello. This is Walter Carvalho.

It was a zoo at the "O Estado de S. Paulo" newspaper yesterday.

I asked the Editor: "How did it go?"

She said: "Not so well, because there's no lead."

So I said: "So it was really great. No lead!"

I have a friend who's a reporter at "Isto É" magazine. People were...

We went through the newsroom, people took pictures with us...

They say there's a big fight in the committee.

Where?

- Serra's campaign committee. - I saw that in the press.

When they say everything is fine...

That's when you know a pretty message there...

- Who is to blame! - It's pretty messy there!

Now let's be cautious on tonight's news program.

- Tomorrow's! - Tomorrow, yes... I'm ahead of myself.

And the debate.

At the debate, I expect to be attacked by all three...

But I'll show a good-humored face...

- And where are we going to tape? - In the same studio.

- Is it ready? - Yes.

- Aren't you going to tape? - No...

Can you get me a cup of coffee, dear?

Can we talk for a moment, and then...

Don't lock this door or else it won't open again...

My friends of São Paulo...

I am very pleased by the support you are giving me in all our State.

I say "our" because I was born in Pernambuco...

With a little more emphasis.

"I am very pleased by the support you are giving me in our State."

- Let's go? - Can you get me some water?

Just a minute!

Last night was the first night this month that I really slept.

I went to bed at 11:30 and got up at 7.

And he thought he was in the Presidential Palace.

I didn't see the poll. But last night I had dinner

NATIONAL CONGRESSMAN AND CANDIDATE TO THE SENATE with Zé Carlos Cutrale

and I said to him, "Listen, you're my friend.

It's our third meeting.

When are you declaring your support?"

"Do I have to?" Yes you do!

I want you to say, "I'm the country's biggest exporter..."

- What did he say? - He asked us to write it up.

Today?

Get him soon, before the pressure from the other side holds him up.

He exports 70% of the orange juice in the world.

Lula, do you want me to explain?

Sérgio Haberfeld is the largest producer of packaging in Latin America.

And president of the World Packaging Organization.

- The guy from Pirelli. - The one from Shell...

CAMPAIGN MARKETING DIRECTOR

He is the largest producer of packaging in Latin America.

He is vice-president of the São Paulo Federation of Industries.

He always said you were the best candidate.

- Do you know who he is? - Yes.

Hello?

Graziano, I want you to contact Cutrale

and tell him that if he wants

we can write up a statement for him to make on TV.

OK? Now we're going to record radio?

SIX HOURS LATER

If I don't win this election soon, I'm going to intervene in your city.

METALWORKERS' UNION OF OSASCO, SÃO PAULO

There's a crew here making a documentary about us.

Jorge, explain to me how many unions there are...

We have 20 some here - construction workers, textile workers,

the printers' union from Osasco... public employees...

Lula, let's go, because the crowd is impatient.

I'm not who I am as a result of my own intelligence.

I am the result of the political awareness

of the Brazilian working class.

As you evolved politically,

as you became more demanding,

I had the privilege and God's blessing

to come to the union at the right time

and to become the spokesman for the workers.

...if we make the right investments.

SIX DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST ROUND That's the main point.

At the same time, we want

to encourage industries that produce consumer goods,

so that Brazil creates jobs and the economy grows

because the Brazilian domestic economy is very important...

Those are two different things.

First we said in the Letter to the Brazilian Nation in June

that we would honour the contracts.

After all, we have to honour the commitments

because most of Brazil's debt today is private debt.

Secondly, we have to fight harder in the World Trade Organization

so that subsidies for agriculture and big business in wealthy countries

do not place Brazil at a disadvantage.

We are proposing the creation of a Foreign Trade Secretariat

to deal exclusively with foreign trade

and we are absolutely certain

that we will be making Brazil competitive with developed countries.

As democratically as possible, my friend!

I intend to combine technical competence and political intelligence.

If I win the election, every Minister will have to be technically competent

and socially aware, because only then,

as each decision is made

he'll know that this country is not made of statistics.

This country is also made of men, women and children.

Thank you, Abílio Domingos, and thank you listeners of Rádio Guaíba.

Good morning, Lula!

Good morning!

Did you buy "Época" magazine?

It hasn't come out yet...

Did you buy it?

BARBER I was going to, but it hasn't come out.

It will come out on the election week...

So one point is enough in the first round?

Yes...

I've got a terrible head cold!

It's awful at night.

A little something to last the day...

Mother would say, "Hey, aren't you a looker!"

- How are you? - Now you look better.

I'm 70 years old so I don't have to vote.

- But because of you I'm going to vote. - Thank you, dear...

- Good luck... - Thank you.

- Good-bye. - Good-bye, dear...

Hey, Pretinha! I don't know whether Marisa will be coming

she wanted to do a pedicure.

But I don't know if she's coming today.

I spoke to her, we're going to do two rallies, and if it's raining

I don't think she'll want to go to Porto Alegre.

- This is for you. - For me?

Oh honey...

- She may call, OK? - OK.

If she doesn't come today,

I'll come tomorrow or the day after, so she can get her nails done then.

Thank you.

See what a privilege!

Look at this guy's privilege.

Monday is the day I have my beard clipped...

You're the privileged one!

Do you know what could happen to you?

Monday I may come here at nine in the morning as President Elect.

- Can you believe it? - Can you believe it?

Good luck. Take care, all the best.

Everything is going to be fine.

50 MINUTES LATER But, Lula, your football team didn't lose...

It's still in the first place!

Good morning.

INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL Good afternoon.

First I want to thank all the journalists

for being here at this second press conference

for foreign correspondents in Brazil.

First, Bill Rogers of Voice of America, please.

Good afternoon.

If you are elected,

what will your relations with Washington be like,

given that conservatives are saying

you are a dangerous radical,

a friend of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez...

I wouldn't call people

who show prejudice conservative.

Often it's more lack of information than conservatism.

There is no problem people saying I have political ties with Fidel Castro,

that I have political ties with Chávez.

But you could also say I have political ties

with Fox, with all of the European countries,

African countries, with China.

"TIME" All the Presidential candidates

are Left-Center.

What does this say about Brazil today?

I have to admit that I don't like to be labeled.

To me there is no advantage in saying I'm Left-Center or Left.

KNIGHT RIDDER GROUP The Workers' Party is close

to the most important victory of the Left,

I don't know which Left, Left-Center, whatever Left, in 20 years

since José Dirceu is present...

PT NATIONAL PRESIDENT During the time

you spent in Cuba what did you learn that

you can apply in Brazil?

We would also like to know that.

Not long ago, a Brazilian magazine published

an article about my life

under the title, "The man behind the ideas".

Lula is the one who shaped my ideas.

PT taught me and my generation that there was another way

and it was Lula who founded PT.

Lula led the Brazilian opposition in recent decades.

We did our self-criticism of those years

when we founded the PT in Brazil.

Obviously, we don't bite the hand that fed us...

I'm not embarrassed about the years I lived in Cuba.

I have good memories, because I received solidarity and support

from the Cuban people. And there were no casinos...

There was no mafia.

Let me explain

the difference

between the PT and "traditional parties".

The PT is politically new

because it was the first party

founded by workers.

Latin America youth thought there was no political solution,

that the only way out was armed struggle and revolution.

We wanted to prove it was possible, since workers are the majority,

to organize and seize power democratically.

THREE HOURS LATER

PRODUCER

Want to go inside?

Come in.

VIP WAITING ROOM CONGONHAS AIRPORT

"Lula will not be a populist President."

Roberto Setúbal said,

"Lula will be elected, he's committed to the economy,

he won't be a populist".

POLICY COORDINATOR OF LULA'S CAMPAIGN

"Lula is honest, he'll be a rational President."

Give me that, Palocci. Let me show it to Lula...

Roberto Setúbal: "Lula will be elected..."

Look, the main news of the day.

Do you have glasses, or do you want these?

- Let's read this... - Today's most important news...

PRESS OFFICER

- That's fine. - OK?

Lula! I have Roberto Setúbal's number in Washington.

Don't call now.

Let them print it first, because he could deny it.

A journalist from a newspaper asked about

PT and José Dirceu's life in the underground

and what he did in Cuba.

So Zé Dirceu tried to explain, and I told the journalist,

"Don't ask what even we from PT don't know".

You said that at the press conference?

Read "O Globo" to see what it says:

at the Brazilian Academy of Letters I have the most votes.

9 of 16 members support me.

- The Academy... - There are sixteen.

...has more than forty members. They didn't ask them all.

Of those they did, nine support you.

One member said,

"My example, in voting for Lula, is Machado de Assis ".

He didn't... I don't think he...

Machado didn't have a diploma.

He... he didn't... he didn't...

- He founded the... - The Brazilian Academy of Letters.

Did you know that Aleijadinho

had no formal schooling?

Lula, let me tell you something.

Yesterday I talked about that with some journalists

saying you should stop talking about that.

NEXT DAY

BETWEEN PORTO ALEGRE AND SÃO PAULO

Take this at noon and at midnight...

Hey, Lula, do you trust a PT doctor?

This here

clears up your nose...

the allergic reaction.

You have to use it every night,

JOSÉ ALENCAR SENATOR VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE on this side of the nostril...

Ah, I want some of that too.

Two applications a night.

I want some...

- Do this... - What is that?

Take note, Adriano, you have to buy some for me.

OK, but I want to know what it is...

Palocci, please, write it down here...

- Do you have rhinitis? - I have... what is that?

- Rhinitis? It's an allergic reaction. - Yes, I have that.

Lula's got an allergic symptom in his eyes too.

I have a plugged up nose...

If you treat this, it will improve the redness in your eyes...

I have mucus, a runny nose,

I go nuts!

I'm beginning to worry about

how my life is going to change

after the election.

The loss of...

- Of freedom. - ...of freedom. For example...

I don't know if I can stand all the military on my back

as they do with Fernando Henrique Cardoso...

It really bothers me.

All that official stuff.

- We have to change that. - There's a way...

That's part of protocol, but it can be changed.

- No problem. - Is it hot or cold?

- This is hot. - Hot.

- Is that all there is, Adriano? - Yeah.

The only thing that's hot here is the foil.

- Is yours hot, Palocci? - Yes.

- I don't believe you, Palocci. - It's almost...

- I've said it's almost hot. - Give me five minutes

and I'll heat it up.

The President today turned down the beer, the sandwich.

He's right! Service is no good today.

I don't know what this guy's government is going to be like,

except that it's going to be funny.

THE "FINANCIAL TIMES" ASKS THE MARKET TO GIVE LULA A CHANCE

- This paper is changing its views. - The "Financial Times"?

Yes.

It published a recent article by an American...

You better win in the first round, better for the country, for finance...

The "Financial Times" having a good opinion about us, that's great!

MEMBER OF CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE If they change to less orthodox views,

It could help the government in a crisis.

When you have no responsibilities...

when you know you're not going to win...

so you don't weigh your words in your speech.

The problem now is having to weigh every word.

You're always afraid they'll take something out of context, change it.

- So I feel, you know... - Like you're being watched.

...like I'm being watched all the time.

And I should stop talking. But I can never stop talking.

José Alencar and I start telling each other our life stories.

We spend hours at it.

I don't believe it when he claims he plays football.

I've played a lot.

I really was a good football player...

I was a good player...

but I didn't go professional because I had to choose...

between vocational school and football.

- What were you, midfielder? - Midfielder.

So you were already right center at the time!

- Zizinho, played that position - I admired Zizinho and Didi.

Didi "banana kick"...

- Wasn't he the "banana kick"? - Yes.

- Who? - Was Didi the banana kick?

- Don't you remember Didi? - Champion in 1958.

I was as good at foul kicks as he was.

He was as good at foul kicks as Didi!

I'm not going to take my shoes off here,

but I'm going to show where I twisted my foot kicking the ball.

My foot looks like this now.

At the time, it was Didi "banana kick" and Little Lula "banana cake".

If we win, you can organize some matches at the Presidential Palace.

We'll put up some goalposts on the lawn...

It's a good thing the Constitution allows

people to joke at us, otherwise we'd be lost.

If I'm invited, I'll play.

That palace...

the palace is a sad place, because Fernando Henrique Cardoso

never played ball.

- He doesn't dance... - Or drink...

He doesn't drink.

I'm going to let my goats out to graze there.

I arrived in...

Florianópolis

and a guy with a suitcase came up to me

and said, "Let me give you a hug

because I've had a terrible day,

but you make it worthwhile".

"I just missed my plane to Porto Alegre."

Then...

THE PREVIOUS EVENING

IN THE FILM CREW'S PLANE

How did you meet Lula?

I came to Florianópolis on a job today and was going back to Porto Alegre.

But I was delayed at work and missed my plane.

- So I got really pissed off. - Are you a journalist?

No, no. I work with pharmaceuticals.

I couldn't get a flight, until tomorrow.

And I have an appointment in the morning.

So I thought, "I'm screwed".

So I turn around and Lula is coming in with his entourage.

I thought to myself, "Well, at least I'll see Lula".

I really admire him. So as he walked by I said,

"Let me give you a hug. I missed my flight..."

- So you're not a friend of Lula? - No, I walked up to Lula and said,

"Thanks for all your work.

I'm glad you're here. I wanted to thank you.

I missed my plane, but it was worth it".

He said, "You missed your plane going where?" "To Porto Alegre."

"Then you're coming with us."

Then he came up: "Any room on the plane?"

When I saw you hugging him, I thought you were his friend.

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY I just discovered...

That I'm a hitchhiker!

That this guy is a hitchhiker. He met Lula today, at that moment...

At that precise moment.

She asked me, "Who is this guy?" And I said,

"This is a great friend of Lula!"

Hey... the guy Lula asked us to give a ride!

His suitcase is enormous. I said, "I don't know if your suitcase

will fit in the plane!"

So I said to Lula, "Lula, maybe I can take him, but not his suitcase".

He said, "Aren't you carrying one deadweight? Carry the other!"

- Calling him a deadweight. - Did he say that?

- I thought he was a friend... - Who was close...

But what I think is great

is that, in my day, everyone had to have a degree,

the elite had to govern. That was the image we had.

People never believed in their own strength,

that they could change things.

Today you see Lula, a tool-and-die maker,

who fled the drought in the Northeast,

president of a union, lost a finger at work,

who dropped his "R"s and "S"s on TV,

and everyone said, "Lula doesn't speak properly".

and now he is far and away Brazil's greatest leader,

an international political figure.

That's the new mindset. The country is changing.

You're going to vote for a metalworker.

- What's your name? - Alfeu.

- Your full name. - Alfeu Dick e Silva.

I'm related to the man.

- Bye. - Bye, dear. Nice to meet you.

Do you think country music will be a hit at the rally?

I don't think so.

Porto Alegre is the last bastion of rock 'n' roll and socialism.

Good-bye and thanks a lot. See you.

FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST ROUND

MEMBER OF CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

PREPARATION FOR THE DEBATE List of questions for adversaries.

I - CONTEXT 1- FINANCIAL CRISIS Questions to our candidate.

A) DEEPENING CRISIS (MATURATION OF BONDS) Preparation of issues.

II - OBJECTIVES OF OUR CANDIDATE

A) ATTITUDE: CONSOLIDATE LEADERSHIP ROLE;

B) DON'T TAKE AN OFFENSIVE POSITION;

C) AFFIRM ROLE AS OPPOSITION - AS STRATEGY;

D) REAFFIRM "LETTER TO THE BRAZILIAN PEOPLE"

E) DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF BRAZIL (SPECIFlC DATA);

F) SHOW CONCERN FOR THE PEOPLE;

G) INTERNATIONAL ISSUE: IRAQ WAR/ MERCOSUL/ ALCA

RELATIONSHIP TO FIDEL, CHAVEZ; ...my friend, Comandatuba is full of people,

it's like a town meeting at this time of the year.

The leader of the Democrats in the US Congress

wants to call the day after to offer support.

- I need to organize, because Fox... - After Bush.

CAMPAIGN ECONOMICS COORDINATOR On Sunday, Fox wants to speak with Lula.

Because according to what Fox knows...

Hey, you're taping this. Hey, whose people are these?

Are they yours, Duda?

They're João's Crew making a documentary.

João who?

João Salles... It's been arranged with Lula.

- A documentary they're making. - Let's discuss all confidential

matter for later.

They'll shoot one scene and split, right?

So, let's discuss...

- They're trustworthy. - Absolutely.

But there's no such thing.

That tape of Lula's statement in Pelotas

ended up in our enemies hands.

That's not how it works in Brazil...

They're putting the tapes in the safe every day.

Yeah, right.

Yeah, right. If you only knew what I know...

If you knew what I learned from other campaigns, you wouldn't say that.

Gilberto Carvalho, come off it.

There are people inside our campaign...

Did he really know? Did he really know?

Duda, you'll have 5 minutes to talk about the current situation,

The situation in general and the attitude to take.

This is the most delicate moment in the campaign.

The most sensitive.

Why? Because there's a possibility...

We might win in the first round.

In my opinion, we've got a 60% chance of not winning now.

And 40% of winning.

Who are the undecided? It is a very small slice

from 3 to 5% that are "quasi Lula". Right?

So we have to be careful with our position towards these voters.

Why? Because the trade unionist scares them.

You're a former unionist, you are no longer a unionist.

They want a leader, an optimist who will get Brazil moving,

someone calm, not aggressive to anyone. So anything that seems...

condescending or ironic sounds bad.

You speak as a candidate. But everyone hears you as President.

So what do we want in the debate?

Tranquility, firmness, objectivity and rapport.

This is new: the moderator comes in, he asks a question...

it was agreed yesterday. After the sequence is over, he asks a question.

If he has none, he says,

"Candidate, you have 45 seconds extra to explain your response".

You can say, "I don't want them". But that is not good. Right?

Bonner says, "Candidate Duda,

you have 45 more minutes... 45 seconds".

Then you say, "I don't agree because Lula didn't answer the question..."

And you'll have 45 more seconds.

Giving a chance to the person who asked the question

to say whether or not he liked the answer is a mistake.

But it's not a question of whether he liked it. Look...

- But that's what it will come down to. - Look, it's not really that.

And there's nothing to discuss,

rules are rules, there's no way around them.

This debate will be very hot.

The candidates have enough time,

they'll use the time and face each other off.

Globo TV wanted to heat things up.

If they're smart, any question they're asked,

they'll try to ask me, like we did with Serra in the other debates.

- So the rules are clear, right, Lula? - They're clear.

Did Globo propose this and impose it, or did the candidates agree to this?

TWO DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST ROUND Close the door, or the air-conditioning disappears.

Take it easy.

LULA FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE

They hired a famous tailor. The guy doesn't get one shirt right.

None of them looks right.

Incredible.

"No, but the guy is fancy. Because the guy is fancy, fancy."

With my tailor in São Bernardo, not one comes out bad.

I've already told Nazareth...

Take a look at this tie and the knot I usually make.

But it's the fabric. I already told him. It's too thick.

This tie is too short when I tie it, Nazareth.

I told you that before.

COSTUMER

This one looks nice with your suit.

This is nice at the end.

- Turn around so he can see. Lula... - I've put them all in order.

Is it hard going, dear?

LULA'S WIFE In a minute, I'll tie the knot.

It's incredible how it varies from one tie to another.

It's incredible. Everyone thinks they're all the same.

But your knot is one of the nicest. Yesterday at the debate,

...your tie was perfect. - Serra's tie was awful, Serra's knot.

LULA'S ASSISTANT

I've always liked to dress well. Always.

Factory workers can't afford a lot of clothes, though.

But I always thought men in suits and ties were nice looking, elegant.

I lived near a coffee warehouse in Vila Carioca.

And the people who worked there... A tall black guy working

all day in a white suit, tie and hat.

I thought that was beautiful. My father...

My father worked in a coffee warehouse and left home,

every day, in a suit and tie

to go to work.

I spent thirty years in factories and couldn't get used to overalls,

but three days in a tie, and look at me!

OCTOBER 6TH, 20O2 FIRST ROUND OF THE ELECTIONS

10 AM

SIX HOURS LATER

4:30 PM

I think the party's bigger here than at the Committee.

They're singing "Happy Birthday".

I had forgotten it was your birthday.

WRITER

That's what it's like here.

- Eat the cake before singing to him. - Come up!

LULA'S APARTMENT Let's go.

Come on, let's pray here to celebrate the birthday.

Let's make a circle around the table.

I'm going to read Psalms 72, entitled "The reign of a Righteous King".

"Give the King Thy Justice

and Thy righteousness to the royal son!"

4:55 PM

Look, the elections.

In spite of the delays

in some States,

the voting will close at 5 PM. That is the law.

If there are queues, whoever arrives by 5 PM will receive a number

and voting will go on until everyone has voted.

The schedule for announcing the first returns has changed.

Aurélio, I'm coming down zero, OK?

Where, Lula?

I'm coming down to the entrance.

Right, I'll be waiting at the main entrance.

Have Camargo and Betto left already?

- Have they left, honey? - Yes.

- Are you going by yourself? - Yes!

I can't find my keys. Luis CIáudio is staying behind.

Can you lock up?

- Do you want me to get my keys? - No.

We're leaving Lula's house.

Watch the girl's foot.

It's closed now?

Wait, Zé, there's a child on the hood.

- Zé, are you there? - Today it's my turn, sir.

- Open the window. Open! - Hey, let's go!

We are leaving the boss's house now.

Set things up there.

Lula, go for it! We believe in you. You're our last hope!

If you don't work, we won't believe in anything again.

- Now, Márcio, now! - Please, Lula, you've got my vote.

Open the window.

The car is bullet-proof. You can't open the windows.

See? The window won't open.

I can't, it won't open more than this!

Cross over that way.

- Play some music, please. - Which record do you want?

Play Roberto Carlos, please.

- They almost got in. - Leave it on.

Should I leave Zeca Pagodinho?

Come on, man! Our hour has come!

6:30 PM

Lula! Lula!

LULA FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE

Rio and Bahia will have a second round for Governor.

49 to 22.

- Both Rio and Bahia for Governor. - Bahia too?

Let me hear.

Aloizio Mercadante from PT

got 29.87% of the valid votes.

THREE HOURS LATER

There's going to be a second round for President.

...a second round with two candidates. A tough run-off.

Someone remembered the election in Minas Gerais,

when Héllo Costa almost won the first round, but lost the second.

Maluf, in São Paulo, in the last elections...

45 AM

Shall we go?

MARTA SUPLICY MAYOR OF SÃO PAULO

See you tomorrow. No, see you in a bit.

"Lula won 46.4% of the valid votes, three and a half percentage points

short of being elected President in the first round.

José Serra, who came in second, got 23.2% of the votes."

A WEEK LATER

Lula, tell him about the night of October 6th.

Since I was a child, I always wanted to die

and wake up in the coffin to see who my friends were.

So on the 6th,

lots of people thought I'd bag the election in the first round.

I arrived at the campaign HQ and there were a lot of people there.

Everyone realized there would be a second round.

Everyone started leaving!

Around 11:30 PM, I began to pace around.

The dead man started pacing around to see who was there!

People sitting on the bench... Seemed like a wave.

People kept saying: "He was such a good man."

I went to my office that day...

and counted to ten and said: "I have to leave here in a good mood,

so people don't go home discouraged."

So the dead man goes out to cheer people up.

I was really down that day.

Make sure you don't lose any votes from now on.

We have enough slack to lose a few points.

No, I hate losing points.

Never before has a Presidential candidate

received as many votes as you did in the first round.

More than I deserved, but less than I needed.

Where are my trousers?

The same green suit. Some day, I'll come through and they'll say:

"It's the man in the green suit!"

FORMER MAYOR OF SALVADOR

This is his knot, and this is Lula's.

A PT radical said:

"I prefer Lula in overalls."

I wasn't there, but when I came they told me.

So I took the mike and said: "There's a friend here

who prefers Lula in overalls.

So let's make a deal: I'll trade him my overalls for his suit and tie.

And he'll see what it's like to work in a factory."

Only someone who doesn't know

what it's like to work under a cement roof.

After lunch it's really hot, and you sweat it out until three.

I worked in a metalworking shop, cutting...

Listen, Mario. I worked... at the Vilares factory...

The Vilares factory has cement roof tiles.

At lunchtime, I'd walk to Ramiro's bar to drink one or two shots.

We'd buy a bottle and put our name on it.

We'd say: "Give me my bottle."

You'd drink three or four shots before lunch.

You'd come for lunch dripping with sweat,

then you'd load your lunch tray, and the plate looked like Sugar Loaf.

Even the cook was dripping with sweat into the food.

You ate like a horse in 15 minutes,

because you still had to play ball. It was crazy.

Three or four shots of cachaça before lunch,

lunch in 15 minutes, playing football in the scorching sun.

When it was over, those heavy overalls

were sticky and sweaty, and you went back to work.

I worked on a lathe

and management had a window just over my head to watch us work.

Sparks this big landed on my hair and singed it.

I just brushed them off.

Have you seen sparks fall inside goggles? One fell in this corner.

Shit!

I'd be going crazy, and the boss would laugh up there.

It's true.

But I miss the factory atmosphere.

You miss it so much, you'll never go back.

If you want to go back, I'll find work for you as a welder.

Not for a minute do I miss the factory.

- Sure you do. - I miss my friends,

but the factory atmosphere...

Better than the PT's national leadership meetings.

That's why I don't go.

TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE SECOND ROUND

RECORDING THE FIRST POLITICAL PROGRAM IN THE SECOND ROUND

Go back to the beginning.

CAMPAIGN TV DIRECTOR Express my thanks for the backing

and especially the number of votes you gave me and the PT.

Palocci!

That's too much of a Worker's Party speech for the second round.

Too much of a Worker's Party speech.

- Are you going to film today? - Right now.

At some point, there has to be a coalition thing.

It's too PT, that's not the way to win the second round. It's wrong.

At some time, you have to make a TV spot about our broad alliances.

But this speech is bad, Duda, honestly.

I'll rewrite it.

That's not what we should say in the second round. Too Worker's Party.

I'm being open.

I'm going to film different people saying "come".

Ciro, Garotinho, President Itamar...

I'm going to film different people saying "come".

You're all so excited, I'm going to play that music, with "come"...

I want everyone saying "come", ok?

Calling, looking at the camera. "Come", ok?

- 1, 2, 3. - Come!

-1, 2, 3. - Come!

- 1, 2, 3. - Come!

"Lula"! I want everyone saying "Lula". Ok?

I think it could be more synchronized.

Making the "L".

I'm going to say, "one, two, three". And you, "Lula!"

- Right or left hand? - Either one.

Whoever is Right wing, right hand. Left wing, left hand.

1, 2, 3...

"Lula!"

1, 2, 3...

"Lula!"

"Lula!"

Go ahead, Lula.

Now it's Lula,

...Garotinho and who else? - Ciro!

- Who else? - Ciro!

CIRO GOMES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, ELIMINATED IN FIRST ROUND

- Ok? Are you recording? - We're recording.

1, 2, 3... Everybody. 1, 2, 3...

Come!

Look at the camera. Smile like Ciro. Alencar is peeved today.

1, 2, 3...

Come!

Let's go to my room where it's cooler.

Come on, I'm going to take you to my room.

NEXT DAY

Can I close the door or do you want to shoot?

- Can we come in? - Yes.

Completely different in here.

Relax, look that way. Relax.

At 4:30 in the morning, the sun is already shimmering.

I woke up wanting to walk on the beach,

but I didn't have anyone to go with for half an hour.

Should have said something last night.

But didn't you watch the noon program?

- No, we were busy with production. - Yesterday's program was good.

I saw your program last night.

It was fantastic.

I saw the whole group, your staff, all the people who were elected.

It was very good. The idea was sensational.

- Very interesting. - Do you know about Serra's program?

- I heard that. - Regina Duarte,

saying she was afraid of change, afraid of new.

Exactly. She said your personality has changed,

that you're not the same.

You have a press conference now, right?

Right.

Now at 8:30 AM.

- Rolling? - Rolling.

TWO DAYS LATER My friends from CearáState,

the best candidate for governor is Zé Airton.

Here, in Paraná, everyone knows about our friendship and alliance.

You don't have to mention friendship.

Our political friendship.

I'll have to sit down. These speeches are confusing.

I don't know if people are going to understand.

I'm going to shorten it.

"Veja" and "Época" magazines.

It's a pain.

These guys follow me around, take photos all day,

and still want another here.

Damn it!

Let them in.

But just two minutes to take pictures and leave.

Right!

Take photos and then leave.

I'm going to organize the photographer's union.

- We have an association. - But there's no order...

- A smile for a cover picture. - Ok, that's enough.

Just mention his football team, and he'll laugh.

Lula, how was your conversation with Suplicy?

I didn't speak to him, he wasn't available.

- But is everything OK? - Hello?

Hello?

Hello.

Hello, comrade Bush.

How are you?

Fine.

My daughter calls me and says: "Hi, Dad, how are you?"

She says: "Fine." So the conversation is "Fine".

"How are you, Mr. President?" "Fine."

Hello?

Fine, fine, fine...

Duhalde, how are you? Do you want Favre back? I'll send him to you.

MEMBER OF DMMP'S TEAM

Let's go, people, let's film.

...and Lula ended up canceling his afternoon commitments.

TWO DAYS LATER

EIGHT DAYS FROM THE ELECTION

PSDB candidate José Serra went to Campinas to get support

TV STUDIO - SÃO PAULO from politicians and evangelicals.

We'll decide what will happen over the next four years,

and four years in the life of a nation can define decades.

Now broadcasting José Serra's Presidential Platform.

PT promised peace in the countryside.

During the 1998 campaign, PT promised peace in the countryside.

but in the last four years,

farms were occupied all over Rio Grande do Sul State.

Fear spread even to small farms.

Governor Olívio Dutra, his Secretary of Public Security,

was indicted for breach of trust.

PT promised to solve the problem in health and education. It failed!

This PT, that the State of Rio Grande do Sul wants to get rid of,

is the same PT that wants to govern Brazil.

There, they squandered four years of progress.

Is it worth running the risk for four years with our country?

Good night. Think about it, Brazil.

They started hitting hard today.

- Keep your head, anything goes. - I think that...

We should talk about Rio Grande do Sul.

We should demand the right to rebuttal.

I agree.

Estelinha was watching the program and taking measures.

Let me tell you something, I once went to France,

for a debate,

and there

I used data that the Church used with grassroots communities.

Some people used numbers without citing their sources.

In Paris, I said there were 25 million street children in Brazil.

That's the entire population of Argentina! It's impossible!

Frei Betto told a Church audience that

5 million women a year die from abortions.

Impossible!

How many people go hungry in this country, Gilberto?

I think 53 million is absurd a figure.

Or 40 million is so absurd! It's in the Census statistics.

- The Census Bureau says that? - Yes.

Only one census taker has come to my house.

They didn't want to know whether I had a car or a TV.

They just wanted to know whether I made

more than ten times the minimum wage, I said I did.

How many children I had, and I told them.

If they work, and I told them. That's all.

I said: "Aren't you going to ask if I have a car, a TV, a fridge, a fan?"

I wanted to make clear that I was middle class.

VW model TL in the garage.

- Do you know the story of his VW? - It was your first car, right?

Right. It was the car I courted Marisa with.

Whenever she said my blue VW, she got shaky knees.

- What color was it? - The VW was...

Marisa, what color was my VW?

- What VW, Lula? - My VW...

Blue.

Blue turquoise.

- Then it was pretty bad. - Pretty bad.

I wanted to throw myself out of that awful car.

I bought the VW from the company fleet.

The company bought new cars for the directors.

After a year, they buy a new one, so the old one is sold.

I had a brother-in-law who worked there...

His name is Lambari.

- So Lambari made the deal? - Yeah, he got it for me.

So, when I went to pick up the VW on a Friday...

I went to the factory. They gave me the keys. And there it was. Parked.

When I got in the car and turned the ignition,

the motor started instantly.

The dashboard lit up green.

Holy shit.

I drove off, I felt like a king.

Reclining seats.

Great for making out.

Hey, Marisa.

Sounds like you married the VW, not the guy, right?

The VW is gone, the dancing continues.

It's been uphill ever since.

IN THE STUDIO NEXT DOOR

The country's debt doubled during this period.

I say the same thing further along. Then we have to change everything.

I'm talking about foreign debt, not public debt.

We can't just discuss Rio Grande do Sul.

- We also have to take the offensive. - Yes, we have 60%.

I think we have to discuss Brazil, we're running for President.

"...instead of investing heavily in production,

exports and job creation..."

It makes me mad.

I would love to make a program that takes them to task.

Duda, one thing I always regret

is not having learned to drum.

- I'm a good drummer. - This son of a bitch named Batista

used to come to the counter at the supply room to get tools...

with his knees and his arms and everything,

he sounded like Carnival.

- I can't... - I'm good at this.

Where's our stuff?

I'm a good drummer.

I'm crap at political campaigns, but cockfights and drumming...

You're not the one who fights in cockfights!

During the strikes in the 1980's,

they thought if we sang the National Anthem

or the Anthem to Independence, the police wouldn't beat us up.

I bought a book that had all the anthems

and it contained the hymn to the Brazilian soldier.

What was it like?

It was a beautiful song.

We went to the rally at the stadium and I said:

"When the police comes, sing that anthem."

The more we sang, the harder they beat us.

Some friends wrapped themselves in the Brazilian flag

thinking that they wouldn't hit the flag,

but they beat us up anyway.

Then they said: "If they storm the church, let's go into the sacristy,

they wouldn't come after us there."

But the police came after us anyway.

Exposing Brazil...

Fábio, hang this tie up some place, it's soaked.

FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE SECOND ROUND

Aurélio, when we're almost there, I want to change shirts, OK?

MEMBER OF CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

Now, I believe in human redemption.

- I'm a believer. - Who are you kidding?

Sarney is taking a very decent political stand.

When I mentioned the milk program, he almost wept.

PRESS AIDE We can see a few sparks

of the old decency they've lost.

- He redeemed himself. - But they do recover.

Why do you think Teotônio Vilela recovered?

Maybe because of his illness.

Not everyone in the old Arena political party was bad.

You can't judge people by the former political context.

You had no choice back then.

You cannot find

many leaders from Arena still around.

There is no great leader today in Brazil.

It's too bad.

I'm the only Brazilian politician with national stature.

Why have I come this far? Because I have a movement behind me.

A major portion of the Catholic Church backs me.

A major portion of the students, PT, the unions.

That's a lot.

No Brazilian political leader has ever had the constituency I have.

Let me tell you a story:

you know what the problem was with Walesa?

Walesa came to power, he was a sell-out, yellow.

A sell-out, yellow. Listen, brother.

Walesa came to power...

I met Walesa in 1980, in Rome.

My first contact with Walesa.

Walesa left there with 60 million...

I don't know if it was dollars, to set up a printing press for solidarity.

I left there without as much as my air fare.

Why? Because the entire Christian Democratic movement

and the entire West wanted to overthrow the Communist regime.

So I had far more members in my union rank-and-file than Walesa,

but he was wined and dined all over the world

because he was fighting against Communism.

He came to power not because of his organization,

but because the conservative Church put him there.

And the rest is history, because he didn't do diddly-squat in office.

He had no party, he had nothing.

But Walesa was a spin-off

of a conservative Catholic Church.

I was the result of Liberation Theology and trade unionists.

A totally different story.

So, imagine the coverage Walesa got in "The New York Times",

in all the mainstream magazines.

Walesa was news everyday in the "O Estado de S. Paulo" newspaper.

He was the fad. The fad...

They wouldn't mention our strike, but covered Walesa every day.

Since 1989, all your moves have transcended PT.

Realized clearly that one single party wouldn't win the election in such a

LULA'S ASSISTANT complex, heterogeneous country.

A radical change from Lula in 1978.

You know what Lula said in the assembly meetings in 1978?

"I don't want any backing from politicians." You remember that?

Tom, let me explain something.

When I say that there's no political party in the world

with the same characteristics as PT, I mean there's nothing like it.

There's no party in the world today, and of course I'm not denying

the importance of the Leftist parties in the early 20th century.

In the post-War period, the Italian Communist Party,

the Swedish and other European Social Democratic parties,

the French Socialist Party, French Communist Party.

I'm not denying this. But what's the basic difference?

The tradition of the Left

was to take young intellectuals

and send them into the factories.

It was to "proletarize" students.

PT is the first opportunity in history

for the workers

to leave the factory to lead politics.

They didn't have to take Graziano out of the University of Campinas

to send him to Volkswagen to become a leader.

No, we created our own leaders, with mistakes and flaws.

I didn't even know what tactics and strategy meant when we founded PT.

What lousy arguments we used to have!

What I want is to create the party.

I don't care whether it's tactical or strategic.

We're going to create the party, period.

That's why PT has no equal in the world.

No political party

has ever elected as many campesinos

and rank-and-file factory workers as PT.

- This election? - Historically.

In the first election in São Bernardo,

five metalworkers were elected to the City Council.

It was unprecedented.

When you elected a factory worker in Brazil,

his party showed him like a trophy.

In Santo André, we elected seven metalworkers. Seven!

So the working class began to...

I remember the Chilean Socialist Party. The Allende Government...

I see what the Communist Party did with my brother.

The Party didn't pay my brother, it didn't provide anything.

But my brother was the Communist Party's metalworker.

You know, Zé, there's something funny.

In the interior of the country part of PT is very faithful to its origins.

- In the countryside? - Yes, in the countryside.

I don't think

the leftist radicals in PT are not so bad, even when they say silly things.

Part of our constituency is linked to grassroots church communities...

- Who are radicals? - ...who are radicals.

Radicals because of their circumstances.

Lula, in 1994 we went to a Landless Workers' Movement camp

and we left in a hurry, remember?

We realized it was a guerilla camp.

Photos of Che Guevara, everyone in berets, beards.

I said: "Lula, let's go!"

- The press was all there. - The Landless, in my opinion,

are a movement

I have great respect for.

It's a fantastic movement.

But when do they start

to have problems?

After the march in April 1997,

some intellectuals linked to the Landless movement

started claiming they were something else.

What did they defend?

The idea was absurd.

The idea was that there was no way

for the Left to gain power through elections.

- What year was that? - 1998.

Therefore,

we didn't have to worry about elections,

first we had to organize society.

And in 20 or 30 years,

30 percent of society would be socialist

and then we could contend for power and win.

But I won't be alive in 30 years.

- And I want power soon. - Pragmatically...

What I am going to do with Olívio Dutra

who wants to be candidate for Governor? Do I ask him not to run

to organize society for Socialism instead?

Or do I want him to be elected

to the City Council, to be elected Mayor,

and we change the State's relationship with society?

They never invited me to another meeting.

I was

convinced

PT had to be pluralist in this election.

I was convinced. José Dirceu was convinced,

the PT leadership was convinced.

The brilliant thing Duda said

at a PT meeting:

"If you're so right, why haven't you won yet?

If what you say is perfect, why haven't you won yet?"

Duda showed a poll

that 67% of the people

were afraid of my striker's image.

70% of the people

were against violent land reform, but were in favor of land reform itself.

What happened then? Duda said...

Duda said: "In communications,

what he says is not important,

what's important is how people understand what we say."

Sometimes you say something beautiful,

but you're the only one who likes it.

No one else likes it.

Now stop filming,

because I'm going to take off my trousers.

- You don't want me to film? - No.

The issues are jobs and unemployment.

The state unemployment rate is 18 percent.

That's 400,000 unemployed.

Two million are under the poverty line, a third of the population.

The Belém city government's trademark is the People's Bank.

Now, let's be quiet.

If I'd know, I'd have worn a tie.

NEXT DAY

I can't have 2 standards, one national and one for the States.

- Ask Aurélio to get me a tie. - Aurélio, get a tie.

Aurélio, look at the color of my shirt.

Santos plays Paysandu today?

A player named Diego, seventeen years old, is really good.

- I brought these two. - It doesn't work. They don't match.

That's all there is.

Let's try and... Let's try and look more presidential.

Right?

My friends from Pará State,

I want to thank you for the votes you gave me,

and Maria do Carmo in the first round.

- My dear, God bless you. - Amen. And you too.

- You'll be President. - Take it easy.

Ok? The people really need you, so don't be tense.

May I go on your plane again,

on the trip from Fortaleza to Dourados,

so I can shoot you people working and all, okay?

- Fine. - No problem?

Okay.

TWELVE HOURS LATER

FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTIONS Where is the moon?

Try and look for it.

Aurélio, give me some water. This arm hurts.

BETWEEN DOURADOS AND FLORIANÓPOLIS So many people pulling it...

It really hurts.

I was sleeping, but couldn't find a comfortable position.

So many people pulling, pulling...

Lula, can I ask you a question?

You're never alone. Don't you ever wish to be on your own?

- I've never seen you alone. - Look...

First, I'm an addict...

I'm an addict to...

to movement, lots of people.

But sometimes my biggest wish

is to spend half an hour alone.

I'd like to have lunch by myself.

Then smoke my cigarillo with no one to talk to. Alone. Sitting somewhere.

Not hear the telephone or anything else. But it's impossible.

I think it's going to be harder and harder, you know?

Anyway, I chose this life.

Sometimes you're kind of numb doing one thing after the next.

You don't have any idea what's going on.

If on Sunday I get the returns

and they confirm that I've won the election,

I don't even know how I'll react.

Because it's something...

so... so not in sociology...

It's not written in history books, that I could make it to there.

Or someone like me.

It will be a lot of responsibility.

I don't know how I'll feel.

I know that starting Monday the pressure starts

for me to do what I've said all these years.

What's my main concern

ever since we elected the first Mayor in 1982?

I'm worried that the machine will swallow us up.

I'm worried that the machine will swallow us up.

What do I mean by that?

That we'll get stuck in a totally institutionalized agenda

where the rules are all predefined

and you have to play along with the ritual.

PT will go through a new experience,

which is to be a party

occupying

the Presidency of Brazil

and has a program

approved in Congress.

PT can't make concessions

on its convictions just because I'm in the government.

I think that is by pressuring me

that the Party can help us do what we have always wanted to.

Obviously the Party has to be sensitive

to what I can and can't do.

PT would not... create

problems for the government.

Olívio Dutra claims that

relations between Party and government

must necessarily be tense.

The Party has to pressure the government and...

It doesn't need to be tense.

The tension isn't in fighting.

The Party has to be kind of...

The Party can't pretend to be government, that's the secret.

The Party has to play the role

of the government's critical awareness

before society.

But I can't abandon its leaders in government,

otherwise that leader's not true to the Party's program from 10 years ago.

Party leaders like me

can even fulfill our commitments to our families

and that doesn't make us bad fathers or husbands, whatever.

- Is it a fritter? - It's kind of pastry.

It's kind of pastry or a sfiha, fried chicken dumpling...

What do you want?

LULA'S SON

- Whatever. - Chicken dumpling?

Hey,

look at the moon.

Lula, this is your last rally.

Good evening. Brazil is 36 hours

from the opening of ballots for the second round of the elections

for 14 Governors and the next President.

The 2 men contending for the votes of 115 million people

will meet again tonight.

A little dark? Isn't it? Do you want the red one?

Which do you prefer?

Which did I wear at the last debate? I wore one of these, dear.

- No, it wasn't any of these. - I think I wore this one.

No, I'm sure the one you wore is wide, beige.

The one you wore in the last debate is over there.

I'm not going to wear a watch.

Better, so you don't keep checking the time.

- Not green. - That green one doesn't...

Not green, that one, beautiful.

- Can you hang up that other one? - I'll put it all away.

Where is the opener, do you know?

- Huh? - The opener...

The opener, Zé, is exactly where it should be.

- If you looked carefully... - But I did looked carefully.

- Hi, Zé, how are you? - Luiz Inácio, I'm fine.

I had a productive day

and defended your interests well.

Had a good meeting with the Communist Party of Brazil,

then I went to the "O Globo" newspaper and they sent greetings.

- So you had a good lunch? - Great! Palocci went with me.

Dulci and I talked for a long time with the Communist Party people.

It was a good day. Later I had a long talk with Dulci.

Then I took a bath. Made ten calls while I was in the bathtub...

Be firm and optimistic, tell your stories.

Today's debate is a piece of cake.

Walk around, be careful.

He asks, you answer him, and also look here. Forget about the camera,

don't worry about looking at it.

And play ball your way, enthusiastically.

"There's a solution for Brazil."

Talk about cooperation, governing for all, a peaceful government.

If they mention the Landless Movement

the unions etc, you know what to say. There's no mystery.

Take it easy. Be friendly, and that's it.

As if it were the first debate.

Be calm, playing it out, not trying to put anyone down,

because people at home notice that.

And tonight's debate has a huge audience.

The thing people hate is irony and arrogance, that stuff, people...

Almost done, Zé Dirceu!

It's not done. It's just beginning.

We've got to get going.

And have six groups. Have you gone in yet?

ONE HOUR LATER Group A has come in. Check quickly

who they're voting for.

How is everyone? Make yourselves comfortable.

You can put you things here.

FOCUS GROUP - DEBATE MONITORING IN REAL TIME

So, that we start,

so that you know:

we're going to watch the debate together and discuss it.

Say what we're thinking, if we're enjoying it.

What we like and don't like, understand and don't understand...

MEMBER OF DMMP'S TEAM I'm Adélia Lima.

DUDA MENDONÇA'S DAUGHTER How is a head of household making the minimum wage

...going to buy a house? - For the candidate José Serra.

Some people have money and can get credit. Some people don't have money.

In the latter case, the public authorities have to get involved.

There must be subsidies.

And they are part of our housing program for Brazil.

4.4 million houses were built in Brazil

the way people do. They build a room, a kitchen and move in.

People on the minimum wage, or with no income at all

who are indigent, we have to provide subsidies.

- Did Serra answer the question? - We relate to Lula.

Serra sounds too sophisticated.

He talks about "subsidies". Some people don't know what is it.

We understand Lula.

He speaks the people's language.

Gushiken?

It's going great. Tell people there.

He's answering, he's calm. He looks people in the eye.

Serra doesn't. Serra turns his back. He looks too much at Lula.

What would we tell Lula? "Lula, pay attention."

- "Straight to the point." - Straight to the point.

Don't beat around the bush.

Gushiken?

I can't get through to my father or anyone else, only you.

Let me tell you: he's doing great,

but he's starting to say things like: "Let me tell you something."

"It has to be like this." He has to be clearer. Go straight to the answer.

He's getting a little vague. The more critical people are noticing.

OTHER GROUP LEADERS He's always telling jokes that are starting to work against him.

Even with those like him. Don't tell jokes.

Go straight to the point and say what you're going to do.

It's not "we must", but "we will". It's not "we should", but "we will".

- Lula was worse in this section. - Is that right?

Yes, dropped off a little, and Serra was better.

They don't like Lula to take provocations from Serra

or shoot back at Serra.

Every time he shoots back, he fumbles.

Serra improved, okay? People are warming up to him.

He's explaining how to do things, Lula isn't.

One good thing he does is talk about the virtuous circle.

When he says: "First we have to increase people's income

and their purchasing power, because that gets industry moving,

so we can get exports moving, that's the way to get things moving."

His link between security, employment and education is great.

Jobs for more than 40 million.

Industry has to start producing again.

Industry producing and commerce buying, will generate more jobs

and these jobs will generate more consumers

that will generate more workers and that's how we're going to make

the Brazilian economy start growing again.

Increasing our exports

and guaranteeing a decent life for the Brazilian people

with more respect, and the people a lot happier.

- It was great. - It was great... he finished fine.

He didn't raise enthusiasm at the end, but he was consistently better.

The best sequence was the third.

Average rating was 8.

Palocci? All six groups say things went very well. Bye.

I'm tired.

OCTOBER 27TH, 20O2

10:30 AM

ELECTIONS - SECOND ROUND

Hi, Mariana, how are you?

Are you going to operate the camera for us?

What's your question?

There's a little yellow light blinking in the viewfinder?

The tape is blank, 40 minutes.

Bye!

Mariana is Senator Aloizio Mercadante's daughter.

Gilberto thought it was too complicated. He wouldn't have time,

so they assigned Mariana to do the camera for us.

Look:

victory.

2:00 PM Hours before being elected president...

Mariana, those guys weren't going to vote.

I sent them home to vote in Rio,

and they get a break here when they come back tonight.

- Who? - João Salles.

You have to explain.

You have to explain. Lula set up an operation

coordinated by Gilberto and Bob. Top secret.

He was to go to the Hotel Meliáby helicopter, without anyone's knowing.

But the moment he entered, there was a news flash on all the networks,

so the secret operation didn't work.

The whole country knows he landed at Hotel Meliá.

- The main point is that I'm alone. - Right.

- I'm with my family. - Right.

Zé Dirceu, Aloizio, Palocci, Gushiken, none of them are here.

OK.

Let's have lunch, Thiago.

- No. - Let's have lunch.

If you stay in the Senate, we'll govern because we'll have 14 Senators.

See, Lula? My daughter Joana is wearing a PT t-shirt

they're selling in the shops. Styled. All cut up.

- They're selling it! - Designer brand.

But it doesn't look like it's from PT, just the red star on the side.

These clothes that are all torn and lopsided.

- Amazing. I want to see the bill. - Probably a fortune.

Ricardo, you can have seconds.

The food won't run out, Kotscho. All you can eat.

5:00 PM

...whoever wins, our institutions are strong.

The will of the people will be respected calmIy and peacefully.

It's a contest between patriots...

Look, Ricardo!

- Turn it up! Turn it up! - Where do you turn it up?

In the Central West, voting is still open because of the time zone.

but in most of the country the voting is closing.

And the exit polls show that the new President of Brazil

is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

- We made it! - Congratulations.

Give him some water.

Chicão, how are you?

Your friend is President now, Chicão.

Whoever cries becomes a Cabinet member.

Come here!

How are you?

Since now I'm President, let me greet my friends here.

- Congratulations. - I hope we'll be looked after.

Now we'll do what needs to be done in this country.

God willing.

Greet the President.

Go... go greet him.

This is my eldest son.

Luis CIáudio is the youngest. Another one will arrive any minute.

This is my daughter-in-law.

Now you're going out with the President's son.

How are you?

This is the third son, Fábio.

You could use a different hat!

- Thiago! - Come give Grandpa a kiss.

Come give Grandpa a kiss, because he's President.

Grandpa has become President. Didn't you see it on TV?

Come give Grandpa a kiss.

But I'm in my shorts!

Listen, Lula: Carol told Thiago, "Grandpa is President!"

He said, "Pinch me". Look at his face, Lu!

Where was I?

...when the strikes started, Lula was Union President.

The union leader that beat the bosses and the military regime

and motivated people like Emilio,

one of thousands of metalworkers who went to union assemblies.

I remember the huge crowd,

lots of people

and military helicopters circling overhead

with machine guns pointed at us.

And we were moved by that whole scene

and knowing that a very courageous man was on the platform.

In 1980, Lula was imprisoned.

- The regime intervened in the union. - What an ugly man!

Lula was released after 31 days.

In the early 1980s, Lula founded the Workers' Party.

Many were surprised

that Lula wanted to be more than a union leader.

He had no trust in mainstream politics,

in "professional" politicians,

so I never thought he'd take this route.

I thought he might become a revolutionary leader,

but not a politician.

And his change towards politics was gradual.

It came as an excellent surprise for us.

In 1982, Lula ran for Governor of São Paulo. He lost.

Four years later, he was elected to the National Congress

with the most votes in that election, with 650,000 votes.

but the big leap was in his first presidential election.

On a radical platform,

he made it to the second round with Fernando Collor.

I'm going to stop payment on the foreign debt.

The union leader scared employers again.

businesses threatened to leave Brazil if Lula won.

The more conservative middle class also resisted his radical image.

When people asked me why the middle class was afraid of me,

I used to say in my speeches: "What does it mean to be middle class?

Having a good house, a car, a refrigerator, a TV?

Going to the beach on Sunday and drinking a beer?"

On his fourth try at the Presidency,

Lula chose a businessman to be his running mate.

Hi, Eduardo.

...the political marketer, Duda Mendonça.

On the campaign, few attacks and many proposals.

The candidate fell into step and became "Little Lula, peace and love".

SENATOR Congratulations!

We're going to build the Brazil of tomorrow.

- I wrote this a little while ago... - I can't read without my glasses.

- That's all right. - Give it to me?

You can have it.

...and we have to prove to everyone

something I said in 1979:

"May no one ever again dare doubt

the Brazilian working class."

6 PM

I'll go personally.

I may march against the government.

Fernando Henrique did that a number of times.

I want to govern, but this crowd won't let me.

Zé Dirceu is interfering in the government.

He's getting in the way. The party is getting in the way.

It won't let me make decisions.

I have a question about protocol. We have to wait for Serra to call.

What if he takes too long to call?

- He isn't going to call right away. - No, he'll wait for the returns.

The polls all say the same, 63 to 37.

It's not right for him to call before the final returns.

There's no hurry.

I think we have things to do, don't you, Chinaman?

The truth is...

It still hasn't dawned on me.

And I think that later...

Besides everything we've scheduled,

I'd like to take a look at the schedule later.

I want to take special care of a meeting with the other parties,

a meeting with members of Congress...

9:10 PM It's Serra, it's Serra.

Hello. Hi, Serra.

How are you, friend? Hello?

Oh Serra, thanks a lot. Let's meet to talk.

You're going on vacation, aren't you? Back next week?

Me too, I'm taking two or three days with Marisa.

When we get back, I'll to look you up.

Fine, friend.

You...

you were a loyal opponent.

Say hello to your people there.

Thank you.

Serra acknowledging that he lost, and that I won.

- That was good. - It was, wasn't it?

Let's celebrate.

9:50 PM

José Alencar Gomes da Silva.

- Where is Benedita? - Here.

Marta...

Marta has gone downstairs.

- Aurélio, let the lady in. - Come.

Waltinho! Waltinho!

Let's go downstairs.

- Eduardo, you can't go celebrate. - I'm going to say good-bye here.

- You're going home to rest. - I'm going home for dinner.

He's had surgery.

- Don't push yourself. - I'm going home to lie down.

Don't push yourself too hard.

So that I'll be okay later.

But I was glad to come. And to have been here this morning

- It was great. - ...at your birthday party.