EXCLUSIVE: Cyrus Nowrasteh, the director of Jair Bolsonaro biopic Dark Horse, has described the film as a “tense political thriller about power, media, and faith under fire.”
With post-production nearing an end on the project, producers have released an official still from the movie, showing star Jim Caviezel as the controversial former Brazilian leader at the 2018 rally where he was stabbed while campaigning.
Bolsonaro, who was Brazilian president between 2019 – 2023 and was sometimes termed “the Trump of the tropics,” is currently serving a 27 year prison sentence for leading a criminal conspiracy to stop his rival, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, from taking power. Bolsonaro’s allies have decried the allegations against him.
The filmmakers are on the hunt for a sales company and are readying screenings of the project for potential buyers. Contrary to some online speculation, the film doesn’t currently have a Brazilian
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