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EXCLUSIVE: Cyrus Nowrasteh, nan head of Jair Bolsonaro biopic Dark Horse, has described nan movie arsenic a “tense governmental thriller astir power, media, and religion nether fire.”
With post-production nearing an extremity connected nan project, producers person released an charismatic still from nan movie, showing Caviezel arsenic nan arguable erstwhile Brazilian leader astatine nan 2018 rally wherever he was stabbed while campaigning.
Bolsonaro, who was Brazilian president betwixt 2019 – 2023 and was sometimes termed “the Trump of nan tropics,” is presently serving a 27 twelvemonth situation condemnation for starring a criminal conspiracy to extremity his rival, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, from taking power. Bolsonaro’s friends person decried nan allegations against him.
The filmmakers are connected nan hunt for a income institution and are readying screenings of nan task for imaginable buyers. Contrary to immoderate online speculation, nan movie doesn’t presently person a Brazilian merchandise date.
Co-starring are Esai Morales, Lynn Collins, Camille Guaty, and Jeffrey Vincent Parise. Producers are Karina Ferreira and Michael Davis for Go Up Entertainment, and Ryan O’Quinn.
The book comes from Mark Nowrasteh and Cyrus Nowrasteh from a communicative by Bolsonaro’s erstwhile civilization caput Mario Frias, who is besides an executive producer.
The task is expected to beryllium a sympathetic image of its divisive subject, pinch nan synopsis reading: “Inspired by existent events, Dark Horse follows Jair Bolsonaro, a arguable outsider who rises from obscure service skipper to populist statesmanlike front-runner successful a profoundly polarized Brazil, only to look a deadly assassination crippled that turns his conflict against a corrupt constitution into a conflict for survival, truth, and nan psyche of a nation.”
American filmmaker Nowrasteh, whose films besides see The Day Reagan Was Shot, The Stoning Of Soraya M, and Caviezel starrer Infidel, said: “From its inception, erstwhile Mario came to maine pinch nan communicative for Dark Horse, it was conceived not conscionable arsenic a biographical portrait, but arsenic a tense governmental thriller astir power, media, and religion nether fire, pinch taste value not conscionable successful Brazil but successful each countries.”
The head added: “The communicative of Jair Bolsonaro’s improbable emergence and nan effort connected his life successful 2018 offered a model for exploring really acold entrenched systems will spell to sphere themselves — and really 1 leader tin go a alloy for a nation’s hopes and fears. Dark Horse invites audiences into that hostility alternatively than resolving it for them.”
Bolsonaro is Catholic but was re-baptized by an Evangelical pastor successful Israel successful 2016 and nan leader’s emergence to powerfulness was aided by his entreaty to nan Christian correct successful Brazil. The Passion Of The Christ and Sound Of Freedom prima Caviezel has openly discussed being a devout Catholic and is besides known for his blimpish activism and support for President Trump.
The filmmakers down Dark Horse are now hoping they tin pat into immoderate of nan support shown for Caviezel’s 2023 container agency sensation Sound Of Freedom, nan faith-adjacent kid trafficking thriller that became portion of nan civilization wars. That movie took $184M successful nan U.S. but besides scored very good overseas. Brazil was 1 of its biggest world markets pinch container agency estimated astatine $10M.
