Oliver Stone will present his documentary about Lula Da Silva at the Cannes Film Festival

“Lula” is an intimate and revealing portrait of the figure of the president of Brazil, which explores his rise, fall and triumphant return, recounting his odyssey in 2022 to regain the Brazilian presidency after spending nineteen months in prison.

With unprecedented access to Lula Da Silva and his closest advisors, Stone sheds new light on the charismatic politician in a series of unfiltered interviews and reveals the inside story of “Operation Lava Jato” with the hacker and the “Snowden Files” journalist that allowed Lula’s release.

The film reflects on the growing danger that so-called “lawfare” represents for the world’s democracies through the analysis of one of the great political comebacks of our time.

Director, screenwriter, producer and author, Stone is a Hollywood legend. He won his first Oscar for best adapted screenplay for the film “Midnight Express.”

He was also awarded the statuette awarded by the Hollywood Academy of Arts as a director for “Platoon” and “Born on the Fourth of July.” Additionally, he directed “Wall Street,” “JFK,” “Nixon,” “W.” and “Snowden.”

While, Robert Wilsonhis co-director, began in documentary film collaborating with Stone on “Comandante,” the portrait of Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

In 2016, he served as co-producer and second unit director on the film “Snowden,” and was a producer on “The Putin Interviews.”

For its part, Fernando Sulichin is an Argentine producer, filmmaker and philanthropist who became interested in the film industry while studying in California.

In 1992 he began his film career when Spike Lee made him Associate Producer on his film “Malcolm X”.

In addition, he worked with Hollywood directors such as Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Sean Penn, Marlon Brando and David Lynch, producing more than 25 films and documentaries to date.