Real Life

The Ambassador

1 hr. 33 min. | Drama | N/A

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A strange, enigmatic and decadent white European with diplomatic credentials arrives in the CAR to head a diplomatic mission representing Liberia. Officially he is there as a do-good businessman 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 there to gain access to vast reserves of diamonds. The Ambassador is a genre-breaking, tragic comedy about the bizarre and hidden world of African diplomacy, where gin-tonics flow on a daily basis and diamond hustlers and corrupt politicians run free.

Mads Brügger

Mads Brügger

Mads Brügger (1972) is a Danish journalist, TV-host, author and filmmaker. He has written several books, worked for magazines and newspapers, produced award winning radio programmes and hosted the critically acclaimed TV-programmes. Furthermore, he has created satirical docu-series as Danes for Bush (2004) and the feature-length documentary, The Red Chapel (winner at Sundance Film Festival). Brügger is renowned for his distinctive methods of “performative journalism” as he infiltrates various milieus.
Languages
Danish
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Ambassadøren
Produced
2011: Denmark

Film information

Director
Mads Brügger
Screenplay
Maja Jul Larsen, Mads Brügger
Music
Niklas Schak, Tin Soheili
Cinematography
Johan Stahl Winthereik
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