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Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) (2007)

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User Rating: 7.0/10 (345 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Jason Kohn
Genre:
Documentary
Tagline:
When the rich steal from the poor... the poor steal the rich
Plot:
An examination of corruption and class warfare in Brazil as told through the stories of a wealthy businessman, a plastic surgeon who assists kidnapping victims and a politician whose income relies on a frog farm. | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
Fantastic documentary more


Directed by
Jason Kohn 
 
Produced by
Julio DePietro .... executive producer
Joey Frank .... producer
Jared Goldman .... producer
Jason Kohn .... producer
 
Original Music by
Force Theory 
Michael Furjanic 
Neill Sanford Livingston 
 
Cinematography by
Heloísa Passos 
 
Film Editing by
Doug Abel 
Jenny Golden 
Andy Grieve 
 
Production Management
Jair Neto .... production manager
 
Sound Department
Coll Anderson .... supervising sound editor
Sean Garnhart .... sound editor
James Nichols .... stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Matt Snedecor .... assistant sound editor
Michael Suarez .... sound technician
 
Visual Effects by
John Dowdell .... 2K digital intermediate colorist
Lloyd Forcellini .... 2k digital intermediate editor
Peter Heady .... 2k digital intermediate editor
Nuncle .... title design
 
Editorial Department
Jean Lane .... digital intermediate producer
Robyn Semien .... assistant editor
Mike Trinker .... digital intermediate editor
 
Other crew
Cory Monden .... senior engineer
 
Thanks
Thomas Doherty .... thanks
 


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Send a Bullet (International: English title)
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Runtime:
USA:85 min (Sundance Film Festival)
Country:
Brazil | USA
Language:
English | Portuguese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Certification:
USA:Unrated
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Company:
Kilo Films more

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Trivia:
The filmmakers struggled to find a kidnapper to film after the bribes to get into the prison where their preferred interviewee was staying proved too steep. The driver of a cab they used one day delivered "packages" on the side for a kidnapper, and introduced them to the masked man interviewed extensively in the film. Director Jason Kohn also was at the kidnapper's home when police stopped by and walked around the outside, the one moment of filming he said he feared for his life. more

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25 out of 34 people found the following comment useful:-
Fantastic documentary, 21 January 2007
10/10
Author: mcclellan-s from United States

This is one of the finest documentaries I have ever seen.

It takes on a very difficult subject, violence and corruption in Brazil, and portrays its impact on the population through the lives of a dozen or so primary characters. The film interviews the ruthless kidnapper-murderer, exposes and interviews the corrupt politician, shows a kidnapping victim getting his ear cut off; yet it conveys this potentially depressing subject matter with stunning visual effects and an uplifting Brazilian music score that captures the great spirit of Brazil's people.

The film has footage of children playing in the slums of Sao Paolo, but they aren't playing soccer. They are instead recreating the growing crime of kidnapping and cutting off the victims body parts. An actual kidnapper tells the camera he doesn't think much about the kidnappings and murders he commits. He then explains as a proud father that he has nine children and his wife is about to have their tenth. He concludes saying, "maybe one of them will grow up to fix this country".

The film opens by saying it cannot be shown in Brazil. I hope this does not prove to be the case and that it can be shown not only in Brazil but throughout Latin America and around the globe. It should be mandatory viewing for everyone everywhere concerned with the escalating vicious cycle of poverty, neglect, violence, and corruption that plagues mankind.

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