A football god who'd rather read poetry than score goals. Brazil's most unlikely rebel.
Season 1 • Episode 4
LatestAn intense journey that says a lot about recent history. Few characters allow to peel so many layers of Brazilian society as Walter Casagrande Júnior, aka Casão: former striker of the Brazilian team and idol of Corinthians. Fruit of a unique space-time: the military repression of the 70s and the cultural effervescence of the 80s.
Direction
Lira weaves dictatorship archives with intimate confession.
Writing
Casão's own words—raw, literary, surprisingly vulnerable.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Casão's 1983 Corinthians jersey became a symbol of 'Democracia Corintiana,' a player-led movement against Brazil's military regime.
Director Susanna Lira spent three years earning Casão's trust; he initially refused, calling previous docs 'lies about my hair.'
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