The Ambassador
Danish journalist and satirist Mads Brügger travels to the heart of Africa to show the horrifying face of corruption that exists in that part of the world. A strange, enigmatic and decadent white diplomat arrives in central Africa, looking like a mixture of Henry Stanley and Karl Lagerfeld. He has recently bought an ambassadorship and claims to be a do-good rich business man, who has come to spearhead a diplomatic mission. Officially he is there to start a factory that produces matches – this, to employ locals and teach how to make this simple piece of fire-making equipment. Unofficially he is really there to gain access to vast reserves of diamonds. “The Ambassador” is a genre-breaking, tragic comedy about the bizarre world of African diplomacy.
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projection time:93 min.
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country/year:Denmark /2011
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director:Mads Brügger
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pictures:Johan Stahl Winthereik
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editor:Leif Axel Kjeldsen, Carsten Søsted, Kimmo Taavila
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production:Peter Engle, Carsten Hols / Zentropa
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festivals and awards:2011 – IDFA Amsterdam, 2012 – Sundance FF
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