Ambassador

Ambassador
dir.Mads Brügger/France, Switzerland/2011/94 min
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A strange, enigmatic and decadent white diplomat arrives in central Africa, looking like a mixture of Henry Stanley and Karl Lagerfeld. He has recently bought an ambassadorship and claims to be a do-good rich business man, who has come to spearhead a diplomatic mission. Officially he is there 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 really there to gain access to vast reserves of diamonds. The Ambassador is a genre-breaking, tragic comedy about the bizarre world of African diplomacy.

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  • projection time:
    94 min
  • country/year:
    France, Switzerland/2011
  • director:
  • pictures:
    Johan Stahl Winthereik
  • production:
    Zentropa
  • selected festivals and awards:
    2011 - IDFA Amsterdam, 2012 – Docs Against Gravity FF: Bloggers Award

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