Sunday, December 18, 2011

Cidadão Boilesen (2009)

Documentary. The subject is a Danish-born man who moved to Brazil and was a high executive during the military dictatorship in the 60s and early 70s. He was very proactive in the financing of the repression to groups of resistance against the regime. He was murdered by one these groups in 1971 (hope the date is correct).

Interesting documentary about the connection of capital and a rightwing regime. The psychological angle is also tackled (sadism is mentioned). It is superficial both in the political and the psychological angle. There is a tangential thematic affinity to Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma. One of the interviewees bears a physical and ideological resemblance to Richard Nixon.

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