Movie: Portrait of God

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Jon Bang Carlsen
Jon Bang Carlsen

Self - Narrator

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    Portrait of God is a documentary road movie about the manhunt for the most wanted person in the world. The film is constructed as a classic detective story. A middle-aged detective shadows the suspect through the highs and lows of South African society until he ends up in a gigantic prison in Cape Town bursting with murderers, thieves, and rapists.

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    2001-04-20

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    How do you shadow somebody who doesn't cast a shadow?

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