In 1972, Brazil was in the darkest days of the military dictatorship that had seized power eight years before. Working for Italian television, de Andrade embarked on a re-creation of the Inconfidencia Mineira, the Mineiran Conspiracy, fledgling groups of rebels based in Minas Gerais in the late 18th century who questioned Portuguese colonial authority. The film alternates between scenes of clandestine meetings and later interrogations and even torture a pointed reference to what was happening in Brazil at the time. At the center of these events is Tiradentes (beautifully played by Jose Wilker), a lower class rebel whose defiance of the authorities at his trial would make him a national symbol. Yet the suffering of Tiradentes allows the better-connected upper-class members of the conspiracy to go largely unpunished, another aspect of the story with uncomfortable relevance in the 70s. The Conspirators is living history in the most exciting sense of the term, a look at the past that clearly becomes a mirror for the present. 　　译文(2): 1972年，巴西正处于8年前夺取政权的军事独裁最黑暗的时期。为意大利电视台工作的德安德拉德开始重现18世纪晚期以米纳斯吉拉斯为基地、质疑葡萄牙殖民统治的叛乱团体—— Inconfidencia Mineira (Mineiran Conspiracy)。这部电影在秘密会面和后来的审讯场景之间切换，甚至还尖锐地提到了当时在巴西发生的事情。这些事件的中心是 Tiradentes (由 Jose Wilker 饰演) ，一个下层反叛者，他在审判中对当局的蔑视将使他成为国家的象征。然而，Tiradentes 的痛苦使得这个阴谋中人脉更广的上层社会成员基本上不受惩罚，这是故事的另一个方面，在70年代，这个故事的相关性令人不安。“阴谋家”这个词最令人兴奋的意思就是活生生的历史，看一看过去，很明显就变成了现在的一面镜子。