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VIPs
- Director: Toniko Melo
- Writer: Mariana Caltabiano; Thiago Dottori
- Producer: Bel Berlinck; Fernando Meirelles
CGiii Comment
With plot holes so big, a jumbo jet could easily fly through them.
Based on a true story - they needn't have bothered...for this is nothing but a mockery of fact.
Wagner Moura's performance is a contrived awkwardness - making it thoroughly unpleasant film to watch.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Marcelo leaves his family and moves to Mato Grosso do Sul, where he learns how to fly airplanes by himself watching the pilots. One day, he responds the call of a drug dealer and uses his boss' plane to help the man to transport his cargo. He is hired by the drug lord to work transporting drugs in his airplanes. When he is arrested by the Federal Police, he does not rat his gang and the leader of the cartel gives a large amount of money as a bonus and asks him to leave the gang since he is known by the police. Marcelo uses the money to promote a party in the Carnival of Recife pretending to be the son of the owner of the Gol (a Brazilian air flight company). He lures the high-society, including the television presenter Amaury Jr. Marcelo is arrested again and is sent to prison. During a rebellion, he uses his leadership to present the claims of the prisoners and help to control the situation.
Cast & Characters
Wagner Moura as Marcelo;
Emiliano Ruschel as Fausto;
Juliano Cazarre as Baña;
Jorge D'Elia as Patrão;
Gisele Froes as Silvia;
Arieta Correia as Sandra;
Roger Gobeth as Renato Jacques;
Amaury Jr. as Amaury Jr.;
Norival Rizzo as Pai de Marcelo;
João Francisco Tottene as Marcelo crianca