The Ambassador
Synopsis: To break the story, he must become the story.
This darkly comic, genre-bending piece of gonzo journalism from international provocateur Mads Brügger (filmmaker of Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Red Chapel) rips the corroded lid off the global scheme of political corruption and exploitation happening in one of the most dangerous places on the planet: the Central African Republic. Armed with a phalanx of hidden cameras, black-market diplomatic credentials and a bleeding-edge wit, Brügger transforms himself into an outlandish caricature of a European-African consul. As he immerses himself in the life-threatening underworld of nefarious bureaucrats, Brügger encounters blood diamond smuggling, bribery, and even murder — while somehow managing to crack amazing razor-sharp barbs at every step along the way. From each absurdly terrifying/hilarious situation to the next, The Ambassador is a one-of-a-kind excursion from the man whom The Huffington Post has called “the most provocative filmmaker in the world.”
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Directed by
Written by
Maja Jul Larsen
Produced by
Carsten Holst
Edited by
Carsten Søsted
Kimmo Taavila
Composer
Tin Soheili
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Awards
Robert Festival - Denmark - 2012
Best Documentary (Peter Engel (producer), Mads Brügger (director), Carsten Holst (producer))
Ole Awards - USA - 2012
Best Actor (Mads Brügger)
Docville - Belgium - 2012
Jury Award - ConScience Award (Mads Brügger)
Nominations
Sundance Film Festival - USA - 2012
Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary
Bodil Awards - Denmark - 2012
Best Documentary
Quotes
You can imagine how this could have become a 1950s British comedy. It is all real. - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Supposedly nothing is staged. Truthfully, so much of this film is stranger than fiction, it would require pure writing genius to come up with even a third of what transpires. - Brian Holcomb, Kinetofilm
A stunning, funny, and vital piece of guerilla cinema. - Kyle Smith, New York Post