Jason Kohn (director)

We are given, at first, pieces of the puzzle: a frog farm, enmeshed in scandal; a traumatized kidnap victim; an American learning the art of bullet-proofing cars; a plastic surgeon specializing in replacing ears. Soon, Jason Kohn has spun these incongruous pieces into a socio-political-economic mystery, a whodunit that asks how Sao Paolo, Brazil, became a world capital of violence and corruption. Kohn's film, winner of Sundance's Grand Jury Prize, has a playful tone and a patient camera that's reminiscent of early Errol Morris films (indeed, he's a Morris protégé). But Manda Bala (which translates as "send a bullet") takes on dead-serious issues: class warfare, demagoguery, and the brutality that some humans wreak on others. It's hard to remember a documentary that's simultaneously as funny and horrifying as Manda Bala, an invaluable addition to South America's rich cinematic history. (JS)

http://www.mandabala.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0912590/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manda_Bala_(Send_a_Bullet)
http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/movies/17bala.html… (más)