Barreto’s ‘963 Dias’ Preview Recasts Temer and Raises Questions About Funding

Overview

• A private preview of 963 Dias was held in São Paulo on Friday, June 26 and was attended by Michel Temer and a large group of politicians, advisers and business figures who responded with applause and shouts of “Volta Temer.”
• The film presents Temer's 2016–2018 presidency as a period of political convergence, defends his reform agenda including labor and pension changes, and challenges the claim that Dilma Rousseff’s removal was a coup.
• Some MDB members used the screening to urge a Temer presidential bid, but Temer told attendees he has no intention of running and said the documentary was offered as a resource for all candidates.
• Reporting disclosed the production cost at about R$12 million and that a R$1 million share was bought in 2023 by Moriah Asset, a fund linked to the Vorcaro family, prompting questions about private donor influence even as Barreto says no public money was used and he retained editorial control.
• The film features interviews with jurists and former ministers such as Alexandre de Moraes and Tarcísio de Freitas while notable figures including Rodrigo Janot and many PT voices are absent, a choice that observers say shapes the film’s perspective and could affect public debate about the Lava Jato era and the roots of Brazil’s later polarization.