Impressive art direction, costume design and historical reconstitution, convincing acting (despite some accent problems, particularly of Tony Ramos, who, however, does a great job in the leading role) with a great cast portraying several important historical characters (makeup and hairdressing make the actors look amazingly similar to them), good cinematography. Script sometimes put together opposing versions of the story in a clever way. This is quite an interesting film about one of the most famous and influential episodes of Brazilian history.
