We're in the final stretch before election day on October 1, and Cine Bombril in São Paulo is hosting a program called Cinema e Política to help facilitate some of the political discussion. João Moreira Salles' documentary of Lula's 2002 election campaign, Entreatos (which I've mentioned here before), will be shown following a Q&A session with Moreira Salles afterwards. I'm curious to see what Moreira Salles has to say about politics in Brazil 4 years later, especially as many of Lula's primary advisers shown in the film have since been hit with scandal.

Oh and regarding the current situation - a victory for Lula in the first round is all but guaranteed, but Alckmin (his main rival) has raised a few points in the influential south. Most Brazilians are pretty bored with the election.