Manda Bala (2007)
Directed by Jason Kohn
Sub-Genres - Biography, Law & Crime, Politics & Government |
Release Date - Aug 17, 2007 (USA - Limited) |
Run Time - 82 min. |
Countries - Brazil, United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Mark Deming
Brazil is a nation where political and economic corruption and violent crime are a way of life for many, and filmmaker Jason Kohn examines some of the more unusual ways they manifest themselves in this documentary. In Manda Bala (Send a Bullet), Kohn's subjects include a plastic surgeon whose practice is dominated by the victims of kidnappers who lost their ears to their captors; a political figure who uses his frog ranch as a cover for illegal business operations which have made him a multi-millionaire; and an auto customizer whose specialty is bullet-proofing luxury cars. Manda Bala (Send A Bullet) won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
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Brazil, corruption, crime, kidnapping, money-laundering